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Arginase 1

Hydrolyzes arginine to urea and ornithine, closing the cycle.

Urea cycleHomo sapiens
REFERENCE IDENTIFIER3.5.3.1EC record
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Record type: enzyme. Hydrolyzes arginine to urea and ornithine, closing the cycle.
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HUMAN GENESARG1Explore gene
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Catalyzes a step inUrea cycleUsesArginineUsesWaterProducesOrnithineProducesUreaEncoded byARG1
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Urea release

Arginase hydrolyzes arginine, releasing urea and regenerating ornithine.

Urea cycle · irreversible