Medical Definition of Transthyretin
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Is a pre albumin plasma protein (4.5 mM in plasma) that transports thyroxine.
Tetrameric with 4 identical 127 residue subunits. Transthyretin forms a complex under physiological conditions with retinol binding protein (2mM in plasma) so that retinol binding protein is not lost by filtration in the kidney.
(19 Jan 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Transthyretin
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