ENTRY       EC 4.4.1.16
NAME        Selenocysteine lyase
            Selenocysteine reductase
CLASS       Lyases
            Carbon-sulfur lyases
SYSNAME     L-Selenocysteine reductase
REACTION    L-Selenocysteine + Reduced acceptor = Selenide + L-Alanine +
            Acceptor
SUBSTRATE   L-Selenocysteine
            Reduced acceptor
            Dithiothreitol
            2-Mercaptoethanol
PRODUCT     Selenide
            L-Alanine
            Acceptor
COFACTOR    Pyridoxal phosphate
COMMENT     A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. Dithiothreitol or 2-mercaptoethanol
            can act as reducing agent in the reaction. The enzyme does not act
            on cysteine, serine or chloroalanine.
PATHWAY     PATH: MAP00450  Selenoamino acid metabolism
DBLINKS     University of Geneva ENZYME DATA BANK: 4.4.1.16
            WIT (What Is There) Metabolic Reconstruction: 4.4.1.16
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