Argininosuccinic Acid
"Argininosuccinic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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This amino acid is formed during the urea cycle from citrulline, aspartate and ATP. This reaction is catalyzed by argininosuccinic acid synthetase.
| Descriptor ID |
D001125
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.337.759.124 D12.125.068.050.075 D12.125.095.104.075
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| Concept/Terms |
Argininosuccinic Acid- Argininosuccinic Acid
- Acid, Argininosuccinic
- N-(4-Amino-4-carboxybutyl)amidino-L-aspartic Acid
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Deignan JL, Livesay JC, Yoo PK, Goodman SI, O'Brien WE, Iyer RK, Cederbaum SD, Grody WW. Ornithine deficiency in the arginase double knockout mouse. Mol Genet Metab. 2006 Sep-Oct; 89(1-2):87-96.