Cytochrome c reduction by triiodothyronine (T3)
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Medical Hypotheses
|July 1, 1982
Abstract:
Triiodothyronine (T3), the active thyroid hormone, reduced cytochrome c non-enzymatically. This reduction was partially inhibited by superoxide dismutase (SOD). Thyroxine (T4) was only minimally effective as a reductant in this system. The effect of T3 on mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation may involve a direct redox mechanism.