SECRETION OF THYROID HORMONE
ENDOCYTOSIS OF
‘COLLOID’ IN FOLLICLE BY
PSEUDOPOD
4
IODINATION OF THYROGLOBULIN
BY THYROID PEROXIDASE
TG
3
TG
TG
I
5
FUSION OF PHAGOSOME
WITH LYSOSOMES
TG
6
TG
DEGRADATION
AND
RECYCLING
OF MIT/DIT
BY DEIODINASES
DEGRADATION OF
 THYROGLOBULIN
7
FREE THYROXINE RELEASED FROM
PROTEIN  INTO CYTOPLASM
T4
2
Text Box: Other monovalent anions compete with iodide for uptake; sometimes with useful medical and  experimental applications e.g. 
TCO4;Cl04; SCN;
8
IODIDE UPTAKE
BY Na/I
SYMPORTER
“DIFFUSION” OF THYROXINE
THROUGH CELL MEMBRANE
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Additional metabolism??
IODIDE IN
ECF~20nM
1