Crossword clues for ornithine
Wiktionary
ornithine
n. (context amino acid organic compound English) An amino acid, ''2,5-diaminopentanoic acid'', that is not present in protein, but is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of urea.
WordNet
ornithine
n. an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is important in the formation of urea
Wikipedia
Ornithine
Ornithine is a non proteinogenic amino acid that plays a role in the urea cycle. Ornithine is abnormally accumulated in the body in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency. The radical is ornithyl.
Usage examples of "ornithine".
It stimulates your release of growth hormone and ornithine decarboxylase enzymes.
L-N5 iminoethyl ornithine, and three months later a total of twenty liters of hexamethylphosphamide.