Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Cryo-EM structure of native human thyroglobulin

  • Ricardo Adaixo,
  • Eva M. Steiner,
  • Ricardo D. Righetto,
  • Alexander Schmidt,
  • Henning Stahlberg,
  • Nicholas M. I. Taylor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27693-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The iodinated thyroglobulin functions as iodine storage and carrier protein and a precursor for thyroid hormone (TH) biogenesis. Here, the authors report the structure of native, fully glycosylated human thyroglobulin, revealing the location of the hTg hormonogenic and glycosylation sites.