Urea cycle

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006609",
  "term": "Urea cycle",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The sequence of reactions by which arginine is synthesized from ornithine, then cleaved to yield urea and regenerate ornithine.",
  "synonyms": [
    "Krebs-Henseleit cycle",
    "Krebs-Henseleit pathway",
    "ornithine cycle",
    "ornithine-urea cycle",
    "urea biosynthesis"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "biochemical pathways",
    "urea cycle disorders",
    "urea cycle enzymes",
    "ornithine",
    "urea",
    "amino acid metabolism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Taken in part from: National Cancer Institute, Metathesaurus",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ciclo de la urea"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/urea-cycle/"
}