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Revision as of 11:17, 30 June 2017

Project

Cardiff iGEM team 2017 Project Brief

Creating a thyroid stimulating hormone antagonist by removing essential N-linked glycosylation groups

The objective of this project was to take the native version of thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH, AKA. Thyrotropin) which activates a cascade in the thyroid gland to produce thyroid hormones thyroxine (T4) and tri-iodotyrosine (T3).

By changing the amino acid sequence of the native TSH protein, we can disable the gland-activating effects of TSH, whilst still allowing TSH to bind to the gland. The engineered version still binds to the thyroid gland but does not activate it. Thus, it competitively inhibits the native TSH, and is potentially a therapeutic treatment for hyperthyroidism.