The importance of ornithine as a precurs
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Robert J. Smith; James M. Phang
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Article
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1979
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Ornithine aminotransferase catalyzes the reversible transamination of Lβornithine to Ξ΄^1^βpyrrolineβ5βcarboxylate, the immediate precursor of proline. The direction and flux through this pathway in mammalian cells has not been established. Glutamate has generally been considered to be t