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Argininosuccinate

The urea-cycle intermediate cleaved to arginine and fumarate.

10-carbon moleculeUrea cycleHomo sapiens
REFERENCE IDENTIFIERCHEBI:16550ChEBI record
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Record type: molecule. The urea-cycle intermediate cleaved to arginine and fumarate.
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Carbon backbone 10 CThis carbon count is shown where it is defined for the molecule.

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Used and produced inUrea cycleHandled byArgininosuccinate synthaseHandled byArgininosuccinate lyase
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Argininosuccinate formation

Argininosuccinate synthase joins citrulline to aspartate, using ATP to AMP.

Urea cycle · irreversible
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Fumarate and arginine formation

Argininosuccinate lyase produces arginine and fumarate.

Urea cycle · irreversible