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  • Title: Molybdenum cofactor deficiency in a patient previously characterized as deficient in sulfite oxidase.
    Author: Johnson JL, Wuebbens MM, Mandell R, Shih VE.
    Journal: Biochem Med Metab Biol; 1988 Aug; 40(1):86-93. PubMed ID: 3219233.
    Abstract:
    The metabolic status of a patient previously characterized as deficient in sulfite oxidase was reexamined applying new methodology which has been developed to distinguish between a defect specific to the sulfite oxidase protein and sulfite oxidase deficiency which arises as a result of molybdenum cofactor deficiency. Urothione, the metabolic degradation product of the molybdenum cofactor, was undetectable in urine samples from the patient. Analysis of molybdenum cofactor levels in fibroblasts by monitoring reconstitution of apo nitrate reductase in extracts of the Neurospora crassa mutant nit-1 revealed that cells from the patient were severely depleted. Quantitation of urinary oxypurines showed that hypoxanthine and xanthine were highly elevated while uric acid remained in the normal range. These results were interpreted to indicate a severe but incomplete deficiency of the molybdenum cofactor. The presence of very low levels of active cofactor, supporting the synthesis of low levels of active sulfite oxidase and xanthine dehydrogenase, could explain the metabolic patterns of sulfur and purine products and the relatively mild clinical symptoms in this individual.
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