ornithine catabolic process (Q15425)
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ornithine, an amino acid only rarely found in proteins, but which is important in living organisms as an intermediate in the reactions of the urea cycle and in arginine biosynthesis.
- ornithine degradation
- GO:0006593
- ornithine catabolism
- ornithine breakdown
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| English | ornithine catabolic process |
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of ornithine, an amino acid only rarely found in proteins, but which is important in living organisms as an intermediate in the reactions of the urea cycle and in arginine biosynthesis. |
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