urea cycle

accession 0000050
databaseName GO
dbId 20612
definition 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.
displayName urea cycle
modified [InstanceEdit:9676538] Cook, Justin, 2020-02-17
name urea cycle
referenceDatabase [ReferenceDatabase:1] GO
schemaClass GO_BiologicalProcess
url https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0000050
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