Thyroxine hormones visualized by the cryo-EM structure of bovine thyroglobulin

Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol. 2021 Nov 1;77(Pt 11):1346-1347. doi: 10.1107/S2059798321011244. Epub 2021 Oct 29.

Abstract

A study of natively iodinated bovine thyroglobulin demonstrates that structural details of biologically important chemical reactions can now be visualized by electron cryo-microscopy.

Keywords: bovine thyroglobulin; electron cryo-microscopy; iodine.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cryoelectron Microscopy
  • Iodine*
  • Thyroglobulin / chemistry
  • Thyroxine*

Substances

  • Thyroglobulin
  • Iodine
  • Thyroxine