Term Information

Accession
GO:0006590
Name
thyroid hormone generation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The formation of either of the compounds secreted by the thyroid gland, mainly thyroxine and triiodothyronine. This is achieved by the iodination and joining of tyrosine molecules to form the precursor thyroglobin, proteolysis of this precursor gives rise to the thyroid hormones. Source: GOC:jl, ISBN:0716720094
Comment
Note that this term does not fall under the general GO definition for biosynthetic processes, which is 'The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of... ', because thyroid hormones can only be formed by the proteolysis of a larger molecule (see term definition). The word 'generation' is therefore used in place of biosynthesis.
History
See term history for GO:0006590 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of thyroid hormone generation (GO:0006590)
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thyroid hormone generation [is_a relation] is_a  thyroid hormone metabolic process (GO:0042403)
Children of thyroid hormone generation (GO:0006590)
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regulation of thyroid hormone generation (GO:2000609) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  thyroid hormone generation
positive regulation of thyroid hormone generation (GO:2000611) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  thyroid hormone generation
negative regulation of thyroid hormone generation (GO:2000610) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  thyroid hormone generation
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