title: Selenocysteine is selectively taken up by red blood cells.
abstract: Both organic and inorganic forms of selenium are utilized in the biosynthesis of selenoproteins. Selenite is taken up by red blood cells and then returned to the plasma after reduction, but little is known about the metabolic fate of selenocysteine. We found that selenocysteine was taken up into red blood cells without decomposition into selenide.
authors: Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan.
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Imai
authors: Hisaaki
authors: H
authors: Mihara
authors: Tatsuo
authors: T
authors: Kurihara
authors: Nobuyoshi
authors: N
authors: Esaki
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D003545:Cysteine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017279:Selenocysteine / Q000378:metabolism*; D019810:Sodium Azide / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D017279:Selenocysteine; D019810:Sodium Azide; D003545:Cysteine