Tellurocysteine (in some publications referred to as Te-Cys) is an amino acid with the formula HTeCH2CH(NH2)CO2H. It would be the heavy analogue of serine...

can use it in place of sulfur and selenium in amino acids such as tellurocysteine and telluromethionine. In humans, tellurium is partly metabolized into...

absence of sulfur are able to produce and incorporate into protein tellurocysteine and telluromethionine. In cells, especially autotrophs, several non-proteinogenic...

incorporate it in place of sulfur and selenium into amino acids such as tellurocysteine and telluromethionine. In humans, tellurium is partly metabolized into...

whereas the non-natural amino acid, tellurocysteine, was inserted using auxotrophic cells fed with synthetic tellurocysteine. These elements are all in the...

protein. Similarly, some tellurium-tolerant fungi can incorporate tellurocysteine and telluromethionine into their protein instead of cysteine and methionine...