GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006591 - ornithine metabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006591
- Name
- ornithine metabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- 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.
