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xanthine oxidase

n :  a crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation esp. of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to acids - called also Schardinger enzyme  .
 
 

 
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