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

Relationships

has parts: ornithine carbamoyltransferase activity

ornithine carbamoyltransferase activity Show first 5 Terms
is a type of: alpha-amino acid metabolic process non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process

alpha-amino acid metabolic process non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process Show first 5 Terms
has subtype: arginine biosynthetic process via ornithine arginine catabolic process to ornithine D-ornithine metabolic process glutamate catabolic process to ornithine L-alanine biosynthetic process via ornithine ... Show All 8 Terms

arginine biosynthetic process via ornithine arginine catabolic process to ornithine D-ornithine metabolic process glutamate catabolic process to ornithine L-alanine biosynthetic process via ornithine ornithine biosynthetic process ornithine catabolic process putrescine biosynthetic process from ornithine Show first 5 Terms
regulated by: regulation of ornithine metabolic process

regulation of ornithine metabolic process Show first 5 Terms

Phenotype

Phenotype caused by Genes