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“The twofold greater amount of T4 bound to the mutant HSA in the homozygote, relative to heterozygotes, is an adaptive requirement to maintain a normal free T4 concentration.”
Thyroid : official journal of the American Thyroid Association • 2018 | View Paper
“The circular dichroism spectra of thyroxine bound to R218H and R218P HSA were markedly different, indicating that the structure of the thyroxine/HSA complex is different for either protein.”
Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin • 1995 | View Paper
“ L-thyroxine has been reported to bind to four sites (Tr) in HSA ; Tr1 and Tr4 are placed in the N-terminal and C-terminal part of the protein, respectively.”