Okamoto Ken, Nishino Takeshi
Department of Medical and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
J Nippon Med Sch. 2008 Feb;75(1):2-3. doi: 10.1272/jnms.75.2.
Xanthine oxidoreductase (XOR) catalyzes the reaction of hypoxanthine to xanthine and of xanthine to uric acid. Inhibitors of XOR can thus decrease the concentration of uric acid in serum. Crystal structures of XOR bound with various inhibitors reveal that inhibitors can be categorized into three types, i.e. mechanism-based, structure-based, and hybrid types.
黄嘌呤氧化还原酶(XOR)催化次黄嘌呤向黄嘌呤以及黄嘌呤向尿酸的反应。因此,XOR抑制剂可降低血清中尿酸的浓度。XOR与各种抑制剂结合的晶体结构表明,抑制剂可分为三种类型,即基于机制型、基于结构型和混合型。