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Uricase
(redirected from urate oxidase)

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uricase [′yu̇r·ə‚kās]
(biochemistry)
An enzyme present in the liver, spleen, and kidney of most mammals except humans; converts uric acid to allantoin in the presence of gaseous oxygen.

Uricase 

an oxidoreductase enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of uric acid to allantoin during the decomposition of purine bases in animals other than primates. Uricase is also found in plants.



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ABOUT PURICASE([R]) (pegloticase) Puricase is a pegylated recombinant mammalian urate oxidase in development to control hyperuricemia and its clinical consequences in patients for whom conventional therapy is contraindicated or has been ineffective.
ABOUT PURICASE([R]) (pegloticase) Pegloticase is a pegylated recombinant mammalian urate oxidase in development to control hyperuricemia and its clinical consequences in patients for whom conventional therapy is contraindicated or has been ineffective.
ABOUT PURICASE([R]) (pegloticase) Puricase is a pegylated recombinant mammalian urate oxidase in development to control hyperuricemia and its clinical consequences in patients for whom conventional therapy is contraindicated or has been ineffective.
 
 
 
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