| Name: | urea cycle |
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| Synonyms: | ornithine cycle, urea biosynthesis, urea biosynthetic process |
| Definition: | The sequence of reactions by which arginine is synthesized from ornithine, then cleaved to yield urea and regenerate ornithine. The overall reaction equation is NH3 + CO2 + aspartate + 3 ATP + 2 H2O = urea + fumarate + 2 ADP + 2 phosphate + AMP + diphosphate. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0000050] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | disrupted |
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| Definition: | A quality of a single process inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being interrupted of its normal course. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001507] |