Molecular Function
urea cycle
u·re·a cy·cle
Definitions related to urea cycle:
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Series of metabolic reactions occurring in the liver, converting ammonia to urea using cyclically regenerated ornithine as a carrier.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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The sequence of reactions by which arginine is synthesized from ornithine, then cleaved to yield urea and regenerate ornithine. The overall reaction equation is NH3 + CO2 + aspartate + 3 ATP + 2 H2O = urea + fumarate + 2 ADP + 2 phosphate + AMP + diphosphate.Gene Ontology DictionaryGene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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