| arginine 2-monooxygenase | <enzyme> Catalyses oxidative decarboxylation or arginine to form gamma-guanidinobutyramide (4-guanidinobutanamide) Registry number: EC 1.13.12.1 Synonym: arginine decarboxyoxidase (26 Jun 1999) |
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| arginine amidase | <enzyme> A ureahydrolase that catalyses the hydrolysis of arginine and canavanine to yield l-ornithine and urea. Chemical name: L-Arginine amidinohydrolase Registry number: EC 3.5.3.1 (12 Dec 1998) |
| arginine deiminase | <enzyme> Arginine converted to citrulline + nh3; consider also protein-arginine deiminase (EC 3.5.3.15) Registry number: EC 3.5.3.6 Synonym: arginine dihydrolase, arginine converting enzyme, arginine iminohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine dihydrolase | <enzyme> Arginine converted to citrulline + nh3; consider also protein-arginine deiminase (EC 3.5.3.15) Registry number: EC 3.5.3.6 Synonym: arginine dihydrolase, arginine converting enzyme, arginine iminohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine endopeptidase | <enzyme> Cleaves arginine at the carboxyl side in a peptide chain Registry number: EC 3.4.21.- Synonym: arginyl endopeptidase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine esterase | <enzyme> Probably refers to an aspect of a proteinase; also index to specific proteinase class Registry number: EC 3.1.- Synonym: me-1,arginine ester hydrolase, me-2, me 1,me 2, arginine esterase a, esterase e-ii, esterase a (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine glutamate | A compound composed of arginine and glutamic acid, given intravenously to detoxify ammonia; used in the treatment of ammoniaemia resulting from liver dysfunction. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arginine hydrochloride | A form of arginine used for intravenous administration as an adjunct in the treatment of encephalopathies associated with liver diseases and ammoniacal azotemia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arginine iminohydrolase | <enzyme> Arginine converted to citrulline + nh3; consider also protein-arginine deiminase (EC 3.5.3.15) Registry number: EC 3.5.3.6 Synonym: arginine dihydrolase, arginine converting enzyme, arginine iminohydrolase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine kinase | <enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the phosphorylation of the guanidine nitrogen of arginine in the presence of ATP and a divalent cation with formation of phosphorylarginine and ADP. Chemical name: ATP:L-arginine N-phosphotransferase Registry number: EC 2.7.3.3 (12 Dec 1998) |
| arginine oxidase | <enzyme> Catalyses the oxidative deamination from arginine to 2-ketoarginine Registry number: EC 1.4.3.- Synonym: arginine dehydrogenase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine phosphate | A compound (in particular, a phosphagen) of l-arginine with phosphoric acid containing the phosphoamide bond; a source of energy in the contraction of muscle in invertebrates, corresponding to phosphocreatine in the muscles of vertebrates. Compare: phosphocreatine. Synonym: arginine phosphate. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arginine succinyltransferase | <enzyme> Pseudomonas (burkholderia) cepacia enzyme; forms n(2)-succinylarginine; in pseudomonas aeruginosa enzyme uses either arginine or ornithine as acceptor Registry number: EC 2.3.1.- Synonym: orn-st, ornithine succinyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| arginine vasopressin | [8-arginine]vasopressin; [Arg8]vasopressin;vasopressin containing an arginyl residue in position 8 (as in chickens and most mammals, including man); porcine vasopressin has a lysyl residue at position 8. All are vasopressors. Synonym: argipressin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| arginine vasotocin | Vasotocin with arginyl residue at position 8 (identical with arginine oxytocin). See: arginine vasopressin. (05 Mar 2000) |