While it's been known that the essential function of #selenium was its incorporation as #selenocysteine into #selenoproteins (e.g. the enzyme #glutathioneperoxidase) now, Ingold et al. reveal the precise role of #selenolatebased #catalysis Antioxidative Glutathione Peroxidase Activity of Selenoglutathione Yoshida 2011 Angewandte Chemie Wiley Online Library Selenium is a vital trace mineral that quietly supports some of the body's most essential functions, yet it's often overlooked. If you're taking a high quality multivitamin, you may be getting some selenium. Selenium Linus Pauling Institute Oregon State University Selenium nanoparticles and glutathione synergistically enhance soybean salt tolerance by activating the JA pathway and arbutin mediated rhizosphere microbiota EurekAlert!