ornithine biosynthetic process

Term ID

GO:0006592

Synonyms

• ornithine anabolism
• ornithine biosynthesis
• ornithine formation
• ornithine synthesis

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of 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

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