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Nature Chemical Biology 2, 124–125 (1 March 2006) | doi:10.1038/nchembio0306-124

Urate to allantoin, specifically (S)-allantoin

Peter A Tipton

Few major metabolic pathways in vertebrates remain incompletely described, at least at the level of identification of the chemical compounds that are constituents of the pathway. Uric acid metabolism has been an exception, however.