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(OTC) or·ni·thine trans·car·ba·mo·yl·ase (OTC) (orґnĭ-thēn trans″kahr-bə-moґəl-ās) ornithine carbamoyltransferase.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Ornithine transcarbamylase — Ornithine carbamoyltransferase Human OTC trimer. From PDB 1OTH … Wikipedia
ornithine transcarbamylase — n an enzyme of hepatic mitochondria that catalyzes the conversion of ornithine to citrulline as part of urea formation and that when deficient in the body results in hyperammonemia, vomiting, coma, seizures, and sometimes death called also… … Medical dictionary
ornithine carbamoyltransferase — ornithine car·ba·moyl·trans·fer·ase .kär bə .mȯil tran(t)s (.)fər .ās, .āz n ORNITHINE TRANSCARBAMYLASE * * * or·ni·thine car·ba·mo·yl·trans·fer·ase (orґnĭ thēn kahr bam″o əl transґfər ās) [EC 2.1.3.3] an enzyme of … Medical dictionary
ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OCT) deficiency — or·ni·thine car·ba·mo·yl·trans·fer·ase (OCT) de·fi·cien·cy (orґnĭ thēn kahr bam″o əl transґfər ās) an aminoacidopathy due to mutation in the OTC gene (locus: Xp21.1), which encodes ornithine carbamoyltransferase, an … Medical dictionary
ornithine — 2,5 Diaminovaleric acid; the l isomer is the amino acid formed when l arginine is hydrolyzed by arginase; not a constituent of proteins, but an important intermediate in the urea cycle; elevated levels seen in certain defects of the urea cycle. o … Medical dictionary
OTSMD — Ornithine Transcarbamoylase Structure and Mutation Database … Medical dictionary
OTSMD — • Ornithine Transcarbamoylase Structure and Mutation Database … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Urea cycle — The urea cycle (also known as the ornithine cycle) is a cycle of biochemical reactions occurring in many animals that produces urea ((NH2)2CO) from ammonia (NH3). This cycle was the first metabolic cycle discovered (Hans Krebs and Kurt Henseleit … Wikipedia
Arthur Horwich — Arthur L. Horwich (* 1951) ist ein US amerikanischer Zellbiologe. Er lehrt und forscht als Professor für Genetik und Pädiatrie an der Yale University und am Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben und Wirken 2 Auszeichnungen 3 … Deutsch Wikipedia
metabolism — /meuh tab euh liz euhm/, n. 1. Biol., Physiol. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Cf. anabolism, catabolism … Universalium
