"Xanthine Oxidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D014969
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.047.928
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| Concept/Terms |
Xanthine Oxidase- Xanthine Oxidase
- Oxidase, Xanthine
- Hypoxanthine Oxidase
- Oxidase, Hypoxanthine
- Purine-Xanthine Oxidase
- Oxidase, Purine-Xanthine
- Purine Xanthine Oxidase
- Hypoxanthine Dehydrogenase
- Dehydrogenase, Hypoxanthine
- Hypoxanthine-Xanthine Oxidase
- Hypoxanthine Xanthine Oxidase
- Oxidase, Hypoxanthine-Xanthine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Xanthine Oxidase" by people in Profiles.
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Fibrillar amyloid-beta peptides kill human primary neurons via NADPH oxidase-mediated activation of neutral sphingomyelinase. Implications for Alzheimer's disease. J Biol Chem. 2004 Dec 03; 279(49):51451-9.
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Role of reactive oxygen metabolites in experimental colitis. Gut. 1990 Jul; 31(7):786-90.
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Studies on cartilage formation. XXII. Investigations of certain oxidative metabolic processes in regenerating articular cartilage. Acta Biol Acad Sci Hung. 1980; 31(1-3):121-31.