Thyroxine Metabolism

Thyroxine metabolism is the set of processes that produce, transport, activate, and clear thyroxine (T4), a thyroid hormone that helps regulate energy use, development, and nervous-system function. In peripheral tissues, deiodinase enzymes remove iodine atoms from T4 to form the more active triiodothyronine (T3) or inactive reverse T3, while the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis adjusts secretion through negative feedback. In psychology and behavioral research, these pathways matter because altered thyroid hormone availability can affect brain development, mood, attention, and cognition, helping researchers interpret behavioral symptoms and investigate links between endocrine function and mental health.

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Non-chromatographic Purification of Recombinant Elastin-like Polypeptides and their Fusions with Peptides and Proteins from Escherichia coli

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2014

Elastin-like polypeptides are stimulus-responsive biopolymers with applications ranging from recombinant protein purification to drug delivery. This protocol describes the purification and characterization of elastin-like polypeptides and their peptide or protein fusions from Escherichia coli using their lower critical solution temperature phase transition behavior as a simple alternative to chromatography.

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Using SecM Arrest Sequence as a Tool to Isolate Ribosome Bound Polypeptides

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We describe here a technique that is now routinely used to isolate stably bound ribosome nascent chain complexes (RNCs). This technique takes advantage of the discovery that a 17 amino acid long SecM "arrest sequence" can halt translation elongation in a prokaryotic (E. coli) system, when inserted into (or fused to the C-terminus) of virtually any protein.

Isolation of Ribosome Bound Nascent Polypeptides in vitro to Identify Translational Pause Sites Along mRNA

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2012

A technique to identify translational pause sites on mRNA is described. This procedure is based on isolation of nascent polypeptides accumulating on ribosomes during in vitro translation of a target mRNA, followed by the size analysis of the nascent chains using a denaturing gel electrophoresis.

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Metabolic Profile Analysis of Zebrafish Embryos

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2013

Zebrafish represent a powerful vertebrate model that has been under-utilised for metabolic studies. Here we describe a rapid way to measure the in vivo metabolic profile of developing zebrafish that allows the comparison of different mitochondrial function parameters between genetically or pharmacologically manipulated embryos, thereby increasing the applicability of this organism.

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An Introduction to Cell Metabolism

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2023

In cells, critical molecules are either built by joining together individual units like amino acids or nucleotides, or broken down into smaller components. Respectively, the reactions responsible for this are referred to as anabolic and catabolic. These reactions require or produce energy typically in the form of a “high-energy” molecule called ATP. Together, these processes make up “Cell Metabolism,” and are hallmarks of healthy, living cells.JoVE’s introduction to cell metabolism briefly...

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