From 1,3,7-Trimethyluric acid to 3,6,8-Trimethylallantoin

Graphic of the reaction.

Medline reference
Madyastha KM, Sridhar GR. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1998) 249(1): 178-81.

Search Medline for Trimethyluric AND bacteria.
3 citations on March 09, 2012. 
  1,3,7-Trimethyluric acid   
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              |  O2 + H2O
        urate | /
      oxidase |/
      1.7.3.3 | Search GenBank, 330 hits on Apr. 03, 2012
        Kyoto |\
       ExPASy | \
              |  H2O2
              v
[1,3,7-trimethyl-8-hydroxyisourate]
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              | \
              |  CO2
              v
  3,6,8-Trimethylallantoin
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