| ornithine |
an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea
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| ornithine transcarbamylase |
A hereditary urea cycle disorder leading to hyperammonemia, mental retardation, failure to thrive, headaches, vomiting, and lethargy in cyclic episodes related to protein intake. Inheritance is X-linked.
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| ornithinemia |
hyperornithinemia.
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| ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency |
The most common urea cycle enzyme deficiency disorder inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, characterized by the absence of ornithine transcarbamylase (an enzyme in the urea cycle), which results in the
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| ornithine aminotransferase |
an enzyme of the transferase class that catalyzes the conversion of ornithine to Δ1-pyrroline 5-carboxylate via transfer of the ornithine amino group to an α-keto acid (e.g., α-ketoglutarate). The reaction is important in the degradation of ornithine from excess dietary tissue arginine, in the biosynthesis of proline, and in the de novo synthesis of ornithine. The enzyme is a mitochondrial matrix protein occurring in most cells; deficiency of it, an autosomal recessive trait, causes gyrate atrophy of choroid and retina. Abbreviated OAT. In EC nomenclature called ornithineoxo-acid transaminase.
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