Diphthamide affects selenoprotein expression: Diphthamide deficiency reduces selenocysteine incorporation, decreases selenite sensitivity and pre-disposes to oxidative stress

The diphthamide modification of translation elongation factor 2 is highly conserved in eukaryotes and archaebacteria. Nevertheless, cells lacking diphthamide can carry out protein synthesis and are viable. We have analyzed the phenotypes of diphthamide deficient cells and found that diphthamide defi...

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Main Authors: Klaus Mayer, Olaf Mundigl, Hubert Kettenberger, Fabian Birzele, Sebastian Stahl, Ira Pastan, Ulrich Brinkmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-01-01
Series:Redox Biology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213231718304853