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N-Acetylglutamate Synthetase (NAGS) Deficiency : Diagnosis, Clinical Observations and Treatment
NAGS plays an important role in the short term regulation of urea synthesis. This enzyme has extensively been studied by Shigesada and Tatibana in rodents 1 ,2,3. We have purified human NAGS in order to find out ...
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Orotic Acid in Urine and Hyperammonemia
Orotoc acid (OA) an intermediary metabolite of the pyrimidine synthesis pathway is formed from carbamylphosphate (CP) and aspartate (Fig. 1). In the liver these precursors are synthetised mainly in the mitocho...