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Biochemistry General 77443e36

All of the following regarding urea cycle is true, except:

A
On consumption  of high amount of proteins, excess urea is formed
B
Synthesis of argininosuccinate consumes energy
C
Rate limiting enzyme is ornithine transcarbamoylase
D
One nitrogen of urea comes from aspartate
High-Yield Explanation
Carbamoyl phosphate synthase I, the rate-limiting enzyme of the urea cycle, is active only in the presence of N-acetylglutamate, an allosteric activator that enhances the affinity of the synthase for ATP.

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