Question

Rehab m. Hafez, tahany m. Abdel-rahman, rasha m. Naguib. Uric acid in plants and microorganisms: biological applications and genetics - a review. J adv res. 2017; 8(5): 475486.

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This is in contrast to microorganisms in which uricases are soluble and exist either in cytoplasm or peroxisomes. Moreover, many recombinant uricases with higher activity than the wild type uricases could be induced successfully in many microorganisms. The present review deals with the occurrence of uric acid in plants and other organisms specially microorganisms in addition to the mechanisms by which plant extracts, metabolites and enzymes could reduce uric acid in blood. The genetic and genes encoding for uric acid in plants and microorganisms are also presented.