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An iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins
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thyroglobulin
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n. an iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins
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n. (context protein English) A globulin, produced by the thyroid gland, that has a role in the production of the thyroid hormones
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Thyroglobulin (Tg) is a 660 kDa , dimeric protein produced by the follicular cells of the thyroid and used entirely within the thyroid gland. Thyroglobulin protein accounts for approximately half of the protein content of the thyroid gland. The protein ...
Usage examples of thyroglobulin.
At need, the thyroxine content of the thyroglobulin is stripped off and sent out into the bloodstream.
A chemical regulator related to thyroglobulin was no longer suppressed.
However, thyroglobulin is a large protein molecule, possessing a molecular weight, we now know, of up to 700,000.
For this reason it quickly seemed clear that thyroglobulin was at best merely the stored form of the hormone, and that what passed into the bloodstream were small fragments of the thyroglobulin molecule.
Preparations of thyroglobulin itself were 30 times or so as rich in iodine as was the intact thyroid gland and contained up to almost i per cent iodine.
The thyroxine molecules are then united with other, more common amino acids and stored as the large thyroglobulin molecule.