Urea cycle/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Urea cycle.

Cycle of biochemical reactions occurring in many animals that produces urea (NH2)2CO from ammonia (NH3), with the key reaction being the hydrolysis of arginine by arginase to ornithine and urea.

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