Selenocystine is the amino acid with the formula (HO2CCH(NH2)CH2Se)2. It is the oxidized derivative of the canonical amino acid selenocysteine (HO2CCH(NH2)CH2SeH). The compound can also be prepared synthetically from serine.[2] Because selenocysteine is not easily isolated or handled, it is often generated by reduction of selenocystine in situ.[3] The selenium–selenium bond length is 2.321 Å, which is 14% longer than the disulfide bond in cystine at 2.040 Å.[4]

Selenocystine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
1969559
ChEBI
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.130.419 Edit this at Wikidata
EC Number
  • L: 608-382-6
  • DL: 636-685-3
KEGG
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C6H12N2O4Se2/c7-3(5(9)10)1-13-14-2-4(8)6(11)12/h3-4H,1-2,7-8H2,(H,9,10)(H,11,12)/t3-,4-/m0/s1
    Key: JULROCUWKLNBSN-IMJSIDKUSA-N
  • DL: InChI=1S/C6H12N2O4Se2/c7-3(5(9)10)1-13-14-2-4(8)6(11)12/h3-4H,1-2,7-8H2,(H,9,10)(H,11,12)
    Key: JULROCUWKLNBSN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
  • D: InChI=1S/C6H12N2O4Se2/c7-3(5(9)10)1-13-14-2-4(8)6(11)12/h3-4H,1-2,7-8H2,(H,9,10)(H,11,12)/t3-,4-/m1/s1
    Key: JULROCUWKLNBSN-QWWZWVQMSA-N
  • L: C([C@@H](C(=O)O)N)[Se][Se]C[C@@H](C(=O)O)N
  • DL: C(C(C(=O)O)N)[Se][Se]CC(C(=O)O)N
  • D: C([C@H](C(=O)O)N)[Se][Se]C[C@H](C(=O)O)N
Properties
C6H12N2O4Se2
Molar mass 334.114 g·mol−1
Appearance white solid
Melting point 222 °C (432 °F; 495 K)
Hazards
GHS labelling:[1]
GHS06: ToxicGHS08: Health hazardGHS09: Environmental hazard
Danger
H301, H331, H373, H410
P260, P261, P264, P270, P271, P273, P301+P316, P304+P340, P316, P319, P321, P330, P391, P403+P233, P405, P501
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).

References edit

  1. ^ "L-Selenocystine". pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.
  2. ^ Muttenthaler, Markus; Alewood, Paul F. (2008). "Selenopeptide chemistry". Journal of Peptide Science. 14 (12): 1223–1239. doi:10.1002/psc.1075. PMID 18951416. S2CID 27755359.
  3. ^ Tapiero, H.; Townsend, D.M; Tew, K.D (2003). "The antioxidant role of selenium and seleno-compounds". Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 57 (3–4): 134–144. doi:10.1016/S0753-3322(03)00035-0. PMC 6361120. PMID 12818475.
  4. ^ Görbitz, Carl Henrik; Levchenko, Vladimir; Semjonovs, Jevgenijs; Sharif, Mohamed Yusuf (2015). "Crystal structure of seleno-L-cystine dihydrochloride". Acta Crystallogr. E. 71 (Pt 6): 726–729. doi:10.1107/S205698901501021X. PMC 4459342. PMID 26090162.