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GO: Biological Process
L-ornithine catabolic process
- Term ID
- GO:0006593
- Synonyms
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- ornithine breakdown
- ornithine catabolism
- ornithine degradation
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of L-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. 0192801023
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- Ontology
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Phenotype
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