urea cycle
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.
GO:0009058
biosynthetic process
is_a
GO:0019627
urea metabolic process
is_a
ornithine cycle
exact
urea biosynthesis
exact
urea biosynthetic process
exact
SPBC1773.14 SPBC29A3.11c SPBP26C9.02c SPBC428.05c SPAC4G9.10 SPCC777.09c SPBC1539.03c SPAC3H1.07