xanthine oxidase

English

Noun

xanthine oxidase (plural xanthine oxidases)

  1. (biochemistry) 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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