Molybdenum

Category: mineral

Aliases: Mo, Sodium molybdate, Molybdenum glycinate

Pharmacological Mechanism

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.

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