CellWell record HH-5558
Deiodinases control local cellular and systemic thyroid hormone availability
Bianco AC, da Conceicao RR
Free Radic Biol Med ยท 2022
In plain language
Deiodinase enzymes are selenoproteins that use a selenocysteine active site to activate or inactivate thyroid hormone in specific tissues, letting cells sense and locally tune their own hormone exposure.
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