MOLYBDENUM
Michaela KrMichaela Kráállííkovkováá, MD, MD
DepartmentDepartment of Biochemistryof Biochemistry
FacultyFaculty ofof MedicineMedicine
Masaryk UniversityMasaryk University
Importance
ˇˇ Xanthine oxidaseXanthine oxidase
* origin of uric acid
* (hypoxanthine  xanthine  uric acid)
ˇˇ SulphiteSulphite oxidaseoxidase
* HSO3
-  SO4
2-
Deficiency
* xanthinuria, hypourikemia
* clinicaly tachycardia, tachypnoea, emesis,
coma