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Abstract
An iron-molybdenum flavoprotein containing FLAVIN-ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE that oxidizes hypoxanthine, some other purines and pterins, and aldehydes. Deficiency of the enzyme, an autosomal recessive trait, causes xanthinuria.
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- Hypoxanthine Dehydrogenase
- Hypoxanthine Oxidase
- Hypoxanthine-Xanthine Oxidase
- Purine-Xanthine Oxidase
- Dehydrogenase, Hypoxanthine
- Hypoxanthine Xanthine Oxidase
- Oxidase, Hypoxanthine
- Oxidase, Hypoxanthine-Xanthine
- Oxidase, Purine-Xanthine
- Oxidase, Xanthine
- Purine Xanthine Oxidase
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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/defic: consider also XANTHINES /urine (IM) + PURINE-PYRIMIDINE METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Xanthine Oxidase. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014969. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014969
- Xanthine Oxidase. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthine_oxidase
- Xanthine Oxidase. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q412509