xanthine oxidase

noun

A crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.

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xanthinoxidase
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Meanings

nounxanthine oxidase (plural xanthine oxidases)

plural xanthine oxidases

  1. biochemistryA crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.

    Synonyms: xanthinoxidase

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.

Similar
xanthinoxidase
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