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The activity of carbamoyl‐phosphate synthetase I and ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OCT) in the intestine and screening for OCT deficiency in the rectal Mucosa
Author(s) -
Matsushima A.,
Orii T.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of inherited metabolic disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1573-2665
pISSN - 0141-8955
DOI - 10.1007/bf02263602
Subject(s) - ornithine carbamoyltransferase , carbamyl phosphate , carbamoyl phosphate synthetase , ornithine , large intestine , aspartate carbamoyltransferase , intestinal mucosa , biology , rectum , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , enzyme , amino acid , arginine , allosteric regulation
Carbamoyl‐phosphate synthetase I and ornithine carbamoyltransferase are present in small intestine and rectum. Rectal mucosa may be used in the detection of ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency.