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Query: UNIPROT:P47989 (xanthine oxidase)
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A series of 3-substituted 5,7-dihydroxypyrazolo[1,5-alpha]pyrimidines containing various aromatic [phenyl- (3e), 3-pyridyl- (3f), p-bromophenyl- (3g), p-chlorophenyl- (3h), p-acetamidophenyl- (3i), p-tolyl- (3j), m-tolyl- (3k), 3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl- (3m), or naphthyl- (3n)] or nonaromatic [hydrogen- (3a), nitro- (3b), bromo- (3c), or chloro- (3d)] substituents in the 3 position was synthesized and tested as inhibitors of xanthine oxidase. The compounds (3a-m) were synthesized by condensation of the appropriate 3-amino-4-substituted pyrazole with diethyl malonate in alcoholic sodium methoxide and neutralization of the resulting enol sodium salts. As inhibitors of xanthine oxidase, 3e-n greater than 3a,c,d congruent to allopurinol greater than 3b. The 3-aryl-substituted compounds 3e-n were 30-160 times better xanthine oxidase inhibitors than allopurinol using hypoxanthine as substrate and 10-80 times better using xanthine as substrate, as evidenced by a comparison of Ki values. The inhibition by all compounds (3a-n) was totally reversible and of the noncompetitive or mixed type. A study of the pH dependence of xanthine oxidase inhibition by 3a,e,g and allopurinol indicated that the 3-aryl substituents facilitated binding to the enzyme. These and the above results show that the compounds reported here inhibit xanthine oxidase by a mechanism which is significantly different from that of allopurinol.
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PMID:Synthesis and enzymic activity of some novel xanthine oxidase inhibitors. 3-Substituted 5,7-dihydroxypyrazolo(1,5-alpha)pyrimidines. 0 78

The action of xanthine oxidase upon acetaldehyde or xanthine at pH 10.2 has been shown to be accompanied by substantial accumulation of O2- during the first few minutes of the reaction. H2O2 decreases this accumulation of O2- presumably because of the Haber-Weiss reaction (H2O2+O2- leads to OH- +OH+O2) and very small amounts of superoxide dismutase eliminate it. This accumulation of O2- was demonstrated in terms of a burst of reduction of cytochrome c, seen when the latter compound was added after aerobic preincubation of xanthine oxidase with its substrate. The kinetic peculiarities of the luminescence seen in the presence of luminol, which previously led to the proposal of H2O4-, can now be satisfactorily explained entirely on the basis of known radical intermediates.
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PMID:The accumulation of superoxide radical during the aerobic action of xanthine oxidase. A requiem for H2O4. 0 44

14,15-3H-Norethisterone-4 beta, 5 beta-epoxide, a metabolite of norethisterone, was incubated with several proteins and nucleic acids. After 30 min incubation 0.19 nmol of the epoxide were irreversibly bound per mg albumin which contains free sulfhydryl groups; proteins without SH-groups, such as concanavalin A, gamma-globulin, DNA and RNA, did not irreversibly bind norethisterone epoxide. A superoxide (O2) generating enzyme system comprised of xanthine oxidase and hypoxanthine was capable of catalyzing the irreversible binding of the parent compound, norethisterone, to albumin, indicating that an oxidation product was formed which reacted with the protein. When norethisterone epoxide was incubated for 60 min with hepatic microsomes of rats in absence of NADPH, about 2.0 nmol of the epoxide were irreversibly incorporated per mg microsomal protein. This binding was increased to 5.2 nmol by addition of a NADPH regenerating system. Addition of glutathione and cytosol decreased only the NADPH-dependent protein binding; phenobarbital pretreatment of rats induced this NADPH-dependent binding of norethisterone epoxide to microsomal protein by a factor of 2. In presence of NADPH, binding of the epoxide to microsomal protein depended on substrate concentration used. The results indicate that norethisterone epoxide is able to chemically react with proteins. In addition, hepatic microsomal enzymes convert the epoxide to another metabolite which also can react with proteins.
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PMID:Irreversible protein binding of norethisterone (norethindrone) epoxide. 0 5

1. The oxidation of six series of purines (hypoxanthines, xanthines, purine-6,8-diones and the corresponding 6-thioxo derivatives) by a highly purified bovine milk xanthine oxidase (EC 1.2.3.2) has been studied, using a variety of N-methyl derivatives. 2. N-Methyl substituents can either enhance or reduce enzymic rates. Enhancement is ascribed to blockade of groups which mediate unfavorable modes of binding of substrate to enzyme. Introduction of N-methyl groups can also inhibit enzymic oxidation, either by occluding essential binding groups or by preventing spontaneous or enzyme-induced tautomerisation processes, which create suitable binding sites in the substrates. 3. In all purines which are rapidly attacked by xanthine oxidase, proper attachment to the active center is mediated by the groupings (3) NH, (9) N or (3) N, (9) NH. 4. Reduced rates usually express lowered substrate affinity, which finds its expression in weak competitive inhibition of xanthine oxidation.
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PMID:Oxidation of N-methyl substituted hypoxanthines, xanthines, purine-6,8-diones and the corresponding 6-thioxo derivatives by bovine milk xanthine oxidase. 0 39

Xanthine oxidase activity was assayed in commercial samples of homogenized milk subjected to pH ranging from 6.7 to 2.0 and held at room temperature for 5 min. Activity decreased sharply between pH 5.5 and 3.2. Below pH 3.2 no activity was detected. Also, rabbit anti-bovine xanthine oxidase failed to crossreact immunologically with xanthine oxidase of mouse milk. These results cast doubt on the hypothesis that dietary xanthine oxidase participates in the formation of atherosclerotic plaques.
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PMID:Homogenized milk: is it really the culprit in dietary-induced atherosclerosis? 0 71

The effects of acidic and intestinal proteolytic environments on bovine milk xanthine oxidase (XO) activity were determined in order to evaluate the extent to which this enzyme was absorbed in biologically active form. The inhibition of XO by folic acid and the relative affinities of XO for the oxidation of palmitaldehyde, stearaldehyde, and xanthine were compared. The effects of acid and gastric juice on XO activity were measured by incubating purified enzyme, and non-purified enzyme (milk), in buffers ranging in pH from 2 to 9. Fresh gastric juice was also incubated with milk. Increasing amounts of the enzyme were inactivated as the pH of the incubation mixture was reduced below pH 6.5. Below pH 3.5, the enzyme was completely inactivated. Gastric juice, pH juice incubated with milk. Milk XO activity was reduced 36% when mild was incubated with an equal volume of gastric juice. Homogenized milk had 59% less XO activity compared with raw molk. Fresh raw milk XO, homogenized milk XO, and purified XO were equally susceptible to inactivation by acid or gastric juice. After incubation of milk with gastric juice, or gastric juice followed by pancreatin, XO activity was associated with a macromolecule of 300,000 daltons molecular weight and subunits containg activity were not found. It was estimated that 0.00008% of the XO in the intestine was absorbed. Both folic acid and allopurinol inhibited XO activity in vitro. Allopurinol was 3.5 times more potent an inhibitor than folic acid. A large excess of dietary folic acid did not reduce rat liver or intestinal XO activity in vivo. XO had a much greater affinity for xanthine than for palmitaldehyde or stearaldehyde substrates. It was estimated that of 100 mg of XO in fresh raw milk, 41 mg remained after homogenization, 27 mg entered the intestine and only 20 ng were absorbed as intact enzyme.
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PMID:Digestion and absorption of bovine milk xanthine oxidase and its role as an aldehyde oxidase. 1 Mar 60

1. Pteridin-4-ones, methylated at nitrogen or carbon, N-methylated lumazines and related oxopteridines were studied as substrates of a highly purified bovine milk xanthine oxidase (xanthine : oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.2.3.2). 2. The enzyme can oxidise at high rates both uncharged and anionic substrates. Variation of enzymic activity with pH is mainly due to pH-dependent changes in the active enzymic center. 3. Milk xanthine oxidases at different stages of purification convert pteridin-4-one into the 4,7-dione (compound 13 in this article). 4. Methylation at C-6 in the pyrazine moiety enhances enzymic attack at C-2 in the pyrimidine ring. N-Methylation may increase or reduce rates of oxidation. 5. For oxidation at C-2, the most favorable form of the substrate bears a double bond at C(2) = N(3). Attack at C-7 is enhanced strongly in structures bearing a double bond at C(6) = C(7). 6. In general, pteridines react with xanthine oxidase as non-hydrated molecules. However, oxidation of 8-methyllumazine at C-7 may take place by dehydrogenation of the 7-CHOH group of the covalently hydrated molecule.
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PMID:Oxidation of methyl derivatives of pteridin-4-one, lumazine and related pteridines by bovine milk xanthine oxidase. 1 25

1. The influence of 8-substituents was studied on the rate of oxidation of hypoxanthine and 6-thioxopurine by bovine milk xanthine oxidase (EC 1.2.3.2). 2. An 8-methyl group does not alter the rate of oxidation of hypoxanthine materially, but an 8-phenyl substituent reduces it markedly. This is ascribed to inhibition of the tautomerisation process, responsible for substrate activation, prior to oxidation. 3. In contrast, the 8-phenyl group in 3-methyl-8-phenylhypoxanthine enhances the rate, presumably by binding to a hydrophobic site near the enzymaic center. 4. An 8-phenyl group in 6-thioxopurine markedly increases the rate of enzymaic oxidation. Probably the aromatic substituent diverts anion formation to the imidazole ring. In contrast, ionisation of 8-methyl-6-thioxopurine involves the pyrimidine moiety, thus rendering enzymic attack at position 2 more difficult.
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PMID:Influence of 8-substitutes on the oxidation of hypoxanthine and 6-thioxopurine by bovine milk xanthine oxidase. 1 28

D-Amino acid oxidase and xanthine oxidase, two enzymes possessing ionically bound flavin coenzymes have been studied with their flavin coenzymes derived from either 7-ethyl-8-methyl-flavin or 7-methyl-8-ethyl-flavin, vitamin-like homologues of riboflavin. 7-Ethyl-8-methyl-flavin caused a significant reduction of both D-amino acid oxidase and xanthine oxidase in the liver, but not in the kidney. 7-Methyl-8-ethyl-flavin caused a significant reduction of D-amino acid oxidase in both the liver and kidney, a significant reduction of xanthine oxidase in the liver, but a large and significant increase of the latter enzyme in the kidney. An improved procedure for the assay of xanthine oxidase has been described.
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PMID:Utilization of riboflavin homologues by D-amino acid oxidase and xanthine oxidase. 1 51

1. Bovine milk xanthine oxidase (xanthine:oxygen oxidoreductase, EC 1.2.3.2) oxidises 3-hydroxyxanthine slowly to 3-hydroxyuric acid; the 1-methyl derivative of 3-hydroxyxanthine is attacked about twice as fast. 2. The pH optimum for the reaction of 2-hydroxyxanthine is near 5, i.e. the neutral form of this substrate is attacked much faster than the anion. Probably in the "active" form of the latter, the negative charge is located mainly in the imidazole ring, thus inhibiting nucleophilic attack at C-8.
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PMID:Enzymic oxidation of 3-hydroxyxanthine to 3-hydroxyuric acid. 1 4


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