Concept information
Preferred term
urea cycle
Type
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Topic
Definition
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The sequence of reactions by which arginine is synthesized from ornithine, then cleaved to yield urea and regenerate ornithine.
Broader concept
Synonyms
- Krebs-Henseleit cycle
- Krebs-Henseleit pathway
- ornithine cycle
- ornithine-urea cycle
- urea biosynthesis
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/293111
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