Category: mineral
Aliases: Mo, Sodium molybdate, Molybdenum glycinate
Active as the molybdopterin cofactor (Moco) in four human enzymes: xanthine oxidase (purine → uric acid), aldehyde oxidase (xenobiotic oxidation), sulfite oxidase (sulfite → sulfate, critical for sulfur-amino-acid metabolism), and mitochondrial amidoxime-reducing component. Sulfite-oxidase deficiency is the classic Moco-deficiency phenotype.