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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Urea Cycle

  • Urea contains 2 molecules of nitrogen derived from:
    • NH3
    • **Aspartate**
  • Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase is the rate limiting enzyme
    • located in the mitochondria
    • activated by N-acetylglutamate

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