| uricase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the conversion of urate and unidentified products. It is a copper protein. The initial products decompose to form allantoin. Chemical name: Urate:oxygen oxidoreductase Registry number: EC 1.7.3.3 (12 Dec 1998) |
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| polyethylene glycol-uricase | <chemical> Uricase covalently attached to polyethylene glycol, modifying 71% of amino groups and retaining 11% of activity without eliciting antibody response in mice or man; used for lowering serum uric acid Synonym: peg-uricase, methoxypolyethylene glycol uricase (26 Jun 1999) |
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