Urate Oxidase and Urate (Part 1): Physiology, Biochemistry, and Mechanism

The video tutorial covers purine catabolism, focusing on urate oxidase. It explains the enzyme's role in converting urate to hydroxy isocyanurate, a process not occurring in humans due to the transcriptional inactivity of the urate oxidase gene. The tutorial discusses the implications of this inactivity, leading to hyperuricemia and gout. It also delves into the detailed mechanism of urate oxidase, highlighting the enzyme's catalytic process and the formation of hydrogen peroxide as a byproduct.

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