ATC Group: A16AX19 Fosdenopterin

The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.

Position of A16AX19 in the ATC hierarchy

Level Code Title
1 A Alimentary tract and metabolism
2 A16 Other alimentary tract and metabolism products
3 A16A Other alimentary tract and metabolism products
4 A16AX Various alimentary tract and metabolism products
5 A16AX19

Active ingredients in A16AX19

Active Ingredient

Patients with MoCD Type A have mutations in the Molybdenum Cofactor Synthesis 1 (MOCS1) gene leading to deficient MOCS1A/B dependent synthesis of the intermediate substrate, cPMP. Substrate replacement therapy with fosdenopterin provides an exogenous source of cPMP, which is converted to molybdopterin. Molybdopterin is then converted to molybdenum cofactor, which is needed for the activation of molybdenum-dependent enzymes, including sulphite oxidase (SOX), an enzyme that reduces levels of neurotoxic sulphites.

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