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| Uricase is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion or uric acid to allantoin. Uric acid is
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| an acidic waste product that your body passes through urine. It is a normal byproduct of the
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| breakdown of foods that contain purines. Normally, the kidneys filter out uric acid from your
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| blood; if too much builds up, it can lower the pH of your blood and urine and lead to a painful
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| joint condition called gout and other complications. The reason I chose uricase is because it
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| monitors the uric acid levels in our body. Interestingly, humans have naturally selected to
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| terminate uricase. Because of the absence of uricase in humans, we may go through many
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| complications caused by uric acid build up. Scientists are studying why natural selection would
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| allow the accumulation of uric acid even though there are psychological complications of
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| crystalized monosodium urate acutely causing liver and kidney damage or chronically causing
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| gout.
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| ==Structure== | | ==Structure== |
| <scene name='77/778326/Acetylcholine_receptor/1'>Acetylcholine Structure</scene> | | <scene name='77/778326/Acetylcholine_receptor/1'>Acetylcholine Structure</scene> |
