xanthine oxidation

id: GO:0006151
name: xanthine oxidation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The oxidation of xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009115xanthine catabolic process
GO:0055114oxidation-reduction process