Friday, June 4, 2021

Overall energy consumed during the urea cycle

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The urea cycle is irreversible and consumes 4 ATP. Two ATP are utilized for the synthesis of carbamoyl phosphate. One ATP is converted to AMP and PPi to produce arginosuccinate which equals to 2 ATP. Hence 4 ATP are actually consumed.

Overall-energy-consumed-during-the-urea-cycle
Overall energy consumed during the urea cycle



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