A cotranslational role for selenocysteine in productive protein folding
Philip J Robinson, Neil J Bulleid, Kostas Tokatlidis
This study shows that selenocysteine (Sec) plays a role in protein folding during biosynthesis, not just in mature proteins, by demonstrating that its incorporation affects dimer formation in SELENOM.
bioRxiv · Nov 3, 2026 · PreprintCell Biology