Argininosuccinate Synthase
"Argininosuccinate Synthase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme of the urea cycle that catalyzes the formation of argininosuccinic acid from citrulline and aspartic acid in the presence of ATP. Absence or deficiency of this enzyme causes the metabolic disease CITRULLINEMIA in humans. EC 6.3.4.5.
| Descriptor ID |
D001124
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.464.259.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Argininosuccinate Synthase- Argininosuccinate Synthase
- Synthase, Argininosuccinate
- Argininosuccinate Synthetase
- Synthetase, Argininosuccinate
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Neurologic outcome in children with inborn errors of urea synthesis. Outcome of urea-cycle enzymopathies. N Engl J Med. 1984 Jun 07; 310(23):1500-5.