Crystal structures of bovine milk xanthine dehydrogenase and xanthine oxidase: structure-based mechanism of conversion.
Enroth, C., Eger, B.T., Okamoto, K., Nishino, T., Nishino, T., Pai, E.F.(2000) Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 97: 10723-10728
- PubMed: 11005854 
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- PubMed Abstract: 
Mammalian xanthine oxidoreductases, which catalyze the last two steps in the formation of urate, are synthesized as the dehydrogenase form xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) but can be readily converted to the oxidase form xanthine oxidase (XO) by oxidatio ...