GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006592 - L-ornithine biosynthetic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006592
- Name
- L-ornithine biosynthetic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- 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.
