ornithine
IPA: ɔrnɪθin
noun
- (biochemistry, organic chemistry) An amino acid, 2,5-diaminopentanoic acid, that is not present in protein, but is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of urea.
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Examples of "ornithine" in Sentences
- Any excess aa's will be deaminated in the ornithine cycle.
- Ornithine ingestion and growth hormone release in bodybuilders.
- The systematic name of this enzyme class is ornithine racemase.
- Ornithine is an amino acid that plays a role in the urea cycle.
- The systematic name of this enzyme class is 'ornithine racemase'.
- It is the salt formed from ornithine and alpha ketoglutaric acid.
- Ornithine seems to be related to Arginine through the Urea cycle.
- Mutations in the OTC gene cause ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency.
- Ornithine decarboxylase antizyme is a ornithine decarboxylase inhibitor.
- Blood ammonia increases along with ornithine concentrations in the blood.
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