AIMC Topic: Selenoproteins

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Selenium exposure on breast cancer risk and progression: Comprehensive analysis identifies MSRB1 as a novel therapeutic target.

Ecotoxicology and environmental safety
BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BRCA) is the most common malignancy in women worldwide. Selenium (Se), a crucial trace element, significantly impacts BRCA patient survival, although its roles in tumorigenesis, the tumor immune microenvironment (TIME), and...

deep-Sep: a deep learning-based method for fast and accurate prediction of selenoprotein genes in bacteria.

mSystems
Selenoproteins are a special group of proteins with major roles in cellular antioxidant defense. They contain the 21st amino acid selenocysteine (Sec) in the active sites, which is encoded by an in-frame UGA codon. Compared to eukaryotes, identificat...