Reaction: L-selenocysteine + reduced acceptor = selenide + L-alanine + acceptor
Other name(s): selenocysteine reductase; selenocysteine β-lyase
Systematic name: L-selenocysteine selenide-lyase (L-alanine-forming)
Comments: A pyridoxal-phosphate protein. Dithiothreitol or 2-mercaptoethanol can act as the reducing agent in the reaction. The enzyme does not act on cysteine, serine or chloroalanine.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 82047-76-5
References:
1. Esaki, N., Nakamura, T., Tanaka, H. and Soda, K. Selenocysteine lyase, a novel enzyme that specifically acts on selenocysteine. Mammalian distribution and purification and properties of pig liver enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 257 (1982) 4386-4391. [PMID: 6461656]