Multiple choice

Which of the following is/are molybdoenzyme?

  1. Carbonic anhydrases
  2. Nitrate reductases
  3. Xanthine dehydrogenase Select the correct answer.

  1. 1 only

  2. 1 and 2 only

  3. 1 and 3 only

  4. 2 and 3 only

  5. All of the above
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Nitrate reductases are molybdenum containing enzymes that reduce nitrate to nitrite. Xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) is a molybdenum-containing hydroxylase involved in oxidative metabolism of purines. 

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