Urea Cycle Flashcards
1
Q
Purpose
A
Ammonia into urea
2
Q
Done where
A
Liver but eliminates in kidney
3
Q
What organelle in forming citrulline
A
Hepatic mitochondria
4
Q
What makes arginine here
A
Argunino succinase in cytosol
5
Q
Arginine converts into what to make ornithine?
A
Urea
6
Q
Atart to last
A
Ammonia to urea
7
Q
Rate likiting enzyme
A
Carbomoyl
8
Q
Ornithine transcarbamonlase deficiency
A
Increase in orotic acid
X linked recessive
Increase of ammonia
