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Swish and Flick

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:19 am Post subject: Urea Cycle

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Hi all,

Would the Urea cycle be regarded as an anabolic or catabolic pathway?
I vaguely remember my lecturer saying it was 'a bit of both', but he did not explain it Evil or Very Mad

Could any one give some insights on which part is the catabolic part, which the anabolic?

Thanks for any help.

i_feel_tiredsleepy

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 8:03 am Post subject:

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Amonia + Carbonate -> Carbamoyl Phosphate is anabolic. The rest is catabolic. If I remember correctly.

You would call the pathway ampipathic.

Swish and Flick

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject:

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Thanks!

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