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Selenocysteine Is an Amino Acid That Gets Incorporated into Proteins μ\mu

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Selenocysteine is an amino acid that gets incorporated into proteins that serve as antioxidants. Evidence points to a need for a minimum daily dose of selenium of 55 μ\mu g. How many moles of selenocysteine (C3H7NO2Se, 168 g /mol) can be synthesized using this amount of selenium?


A) 3.3 ×\times 10-7 mol
B) 7.0 ×\times 10-7 mol
C) 3.3 ×\times 10-4 mol
D) 7.0 ×\times 10-4 mol
E) 3.7 ×\times 10-7 mol

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