English Explanatory Dictionary

thyroperoxidase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An enzyme, expressed mainly in the thyroid, that liberates iodine for addition onto tyrosine residues on thyroglobulin for the production of thyroxine or triiodothyronine.

Word forms

thyroperoxidase thyroperoxidases
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