| Synonyms |
AaUO, AgUOX, ELITEK, Fasturtec, N-35, Nodule specific uricase, Nodulin 35, Nodulin 35 homolog, Non-symbiotic uricase, oxidase, urate, Rasburicase, Uaz, Uox, Urate oxidase, urate oxidoreductase, UriA, uric acid oxidase, uricase, uricase II, Uricoenzyme, Uricozyme |
| Comments |
This enzyme was previously thought to be a copper protein, but it is now known that the enzymes from soy bean (Glycine max), the mould Aspergillus flavus and Bacillus subtilis contains no copper nor any other transition-metal ion. The 5-hydroxyisourate formed decomposes spontaneously to form allantoin and CO2, although there is an enzyme-catalysed pathway in which EC 3.5.2.17, hydroxyisourate hydrolase, catalyses the first step. The enzyme is different from EC 1.14.13.113 (FAD-dependent urate hydroxylase). |
