"Arginase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A ureahydrolase that catalyzes the hydrolysis of arginine or canavanine to yield L-ornithine (ORNITHINE) and urea. Deficiency of this enzyme causes HYPERARGININEMIA. EC 3.5.3.1.
| Descriptor ID |
D001119
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.913.292
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| Concept/Terms |
Arginase- Arginase
- Liver Immunoregulatory Protein
- Immunoregulatory Protein, Liver
- Protein, Liver Immunoregulatory
- Liver-Derived Inhibitory Protein
- Inhibitory Protein, Liver-Derived
- Liver Derived Inhibitory Protein
- Protein, Liver-Derived Inhibitory
- Hepatic Proliferation Inhibitor
- Inhibitor, Hepatic Proliferation
- Proliferation Inhibitor, Hepatic
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