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Allantoin is a
chemical compound with
formula C4H6N4O3. It is also
called 5-ureidohydantoin or glyoxyldiureide. It is a
diureide of
glyoxylic acid. Allantoin...
- y-5-ureidoimidazoline 2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline →
allantoin + CO2
Urate oxidase is
mainly localised in the liver,
where it
forms a...
- In enzymology, an
allantoin racemase (EC 5.1.99.3) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction (S)(+)-
allantoin ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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reaction (S)-
allantoin + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons }
allantoate Thus, the two
substrates of this
enzyme are (S)-
allantoin and H2O, whereas...
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Bacillus fastidiosus is only able to grow in the
presence of uric acid,
allantoin, or
allantoic acid. This
species has been
recently transferred into the...
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crystalline acid
obtained by
hydrolysis of
allantoin. In nature,
allantoic acid is
produced from
allantoin by the
enzyme allantoinase (encoded by the...
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course of his
study of uric acid. He
obtained it by
hydrogenation of
allantoin,
hence the name.
Friedrich Urech synthesized 5-methylhydantoin in 1873...
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swelling and
hydrolysis of skin),
salicylic acid, urea,
lactic acid,
allantoin,
glycolic acid, and
trichloroacetic acid.
While cytostatic agents such...
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recombinant version of
urate oxidase, an
enzyme that
metabolizes uric acid to
allantoin.
Urate oxidase is
known to be
present in many
mammals but does not naturally...
- kidneys,
resulting in
decreased conversion to
allantoin, so this
breed excretes uric acid, and not
allantoin, in the urine. In
birds and reptiles, and in...
