Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

ornithine metabolic process

Term ID
GO:0006591
Synonyms
  • ornithine metabolism
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving ornithine, an amino acid only rarely found in proteins, but which is important in living organisms as an intermediate in the reactions of the urea cycle and in arginine biosynthesis. 0192801023
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
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Phenotype
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