Urea cycle

Japanese: 尿素回路 - にょうそかいろ(英語表記)urea cycle
Urea cycle
The Krebs-Henseleit cycle, also known as the ornithine cycle, is a metabolic cycle that converts ammonia produced by the breakdown of amino acids into less toxic urea. Urea is produced in the liver and excreted by the kidneys, and urea production in the liver is carried out through a cycle proposed by HA Krebs and K. Henseleit in 1932. That is, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and ammonia (NH 3 ) are synthesized into urea via the pathway of ornithine, citrulline, and arginine. After that, it was confirmed that carbamyl phosphate was involved in the pathway, and the energy-requiring process was also clarified, completing the current cycle. If either enzyme is genetically deficient, urea synthesis is suppressed and hyperammonemia occurs.

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Japanese:
クレブズ・ヘンゼライト回路,あるいはオルニチン回路ともいう。アミノ酸の分解によって作り出されるアンモニアを,毒性の低い尿素にするために機能する代謝サイクルをいう。尿素は肝臓で生成され,腎臓で排泄されるが,肝臓での尿素生成は,H.A.クレブズと K.ヘンゼライトによって 1932年に提唱された回路で行われる。すなわち,オルニチン,シトルリン,アルギニンの経路を経て二酸化炭素 ( CO2 ) とアンモニア ( NH3 ) が尿素に合成される。その後,カルバミルリン酸から始められ,またアルギノコハク酸が途中に関与することが確かめられて,エネルギー必要過程も明らかとなり,現在の回路が完成された。各酵素が遺伝的に欠損すると,いずれも尿素の合成が抑えられて高アンモニア血症が生じる。

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