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urate catabolic process

Known as: uric acid catabolic process, urate breakdown, urate degradation 
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of urate, the anion of uric acid, 2,6,8-trioxypurine. [ISBN:0198506732]

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1981-2018
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2018
2018
The mycobiota of the sand fly Phlebotomus perniciosus: Involvement of yeast symbionts in uric acid metabolism.
The knowledge of the fungal mycobiota of arthropods, including the vectors of human and animal diseases, is still limited. Here… (More)
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2015
2015
The identification of an integral membrane, cytochrome c urate oxidase completes the catalytic repertoire of a therapeutic enzyme
In living organisms, the conversion of urate into allantoin requires three consecutive enzymes. The pathway was lost in hominid… (More)
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2012
2012
Microbial urate catabolism: characterization of HpyO, a non-homologous isofunctional isoform of the flavoprotein urate hydroxylase HpxO.
In aerobic cells, urate is oxidized to 5-hydroxyisourate by two distinct enzymes: a coenzyme-independent urate oxidase (EC 1.7.3… (More)
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2010
2010
Urate-responsive MarR homologs from Burkholderia.
The genus Burkholderia includes a large number of species, some of which are serious human pathogens. A genomic locus is… (More)
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2007
2007
The structure of 2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline decarboxylase provides insights into the mechanism of uric acid degradation.
The complete degradation of uric acid to (S)-allantoin, as recently elucidated, involves three enzymatic reactions. Inactivation… (More)
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2002
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2002
The physiology of endothelial xanthine oxidase: from urate catabolism to reperfusion injury to inflammatory signal transduction.
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) is a ubiquitous metalloflavoprotein that appears in two interconvertible yet functionally distinct… (More)
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2001
2001
Flavonoids and urate antioxidant interplay in plasma oxidative stress
Flavonoids are naturally occurring plant compounds with antioxidant properties. Their consumption has been associated with the… (More)
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1986
1986
Evolution of allantoinase and allantoicase involved in urate degradation in liver peroxisomes. A rapid purification of amphibian allantoinase and allantoicase complex, its subunit locations of the…
Allantoinase and allantoicase are located in the same protein molecule in amphibian liver, whereas the two enzymes are different… (More)
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1986
1986
Ureidoglycollate lyase, a new metalloenzyme of peroxisomal urate degradation in marine fish liver.
Ureidoglycollate lyase (UGL, EC 4.3.2.3), which catalyses the degradation of S(-)-ureidoglycollate to urea and glyoxylate, was… (More)
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1981
1981
Control by phytochrome of urate oxidase and allantoinase activities during peroxisome development in the cotyledons of mustard (Sinapis alba L.) seedlings
The peroxisomal enzyme, urate oxidase (EC 1.7.3.3), and the next enzyme of the urate pathway, allantoinase (EC 3.5.2.5… (More)
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