GO biological process ontology term - GO:0000050 - urea cycle
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0000050
- Name
- urea cycle
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological 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.
