Selenocysteine lyase (SCLY; EC 4.4.1.16) catalyzes the pyridoxal 5-prime phosphate-dependent conversion of L-selenocysteine to L-alanine and elemental selenium (Mihara et al., 2000 [PubMed 10692412]).[supplied by OMIM, Mar 2008]
Function:
Catalyzes the decomposition of L-selenocysteine to L-alanine and elemental selenium.
Subunit:
Homodimer.
Subcellular Location:
Cytoplasm > cytosol.
Similarity:
Belongs to the class-V pyridoxal-phosphate-dependent aminotransferase family.
SWISS:
Q96I15
Gene ID:
51540
Database links:
Entrez Gene: 51540 Human
Omim: 611056 Human
SwissProt: Q96I15 Human
Unigene: 731909 Human
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