Arginase

Arginase
Ribbon diagram of human arginase I trimer. PDB entry 2pha[1]
Identifiers
EC no.	3.5.3.1
CAS no.	9000-96-8
Databases
IntEnz	IntEnz view
BRENDA	BRENDA entry
ExPASy	NiceZyme view
KEGG	KEGG entry
MetaCyc	metabolic pathway
PRIAM	profile
PDB structures	RCSB PDB PDBe PDBsum
Gene Ontology	AmiGO / QuickGO
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Liver arginase
Identifiers
Symbol	ARG1
NCBI gene	383
HGNC	663
OMIM	608313
RefSeq	NM_000045
UniProt	P05089
Other data
EC number	3.5.3.1
Locus	Chr. 6 q23
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Arginase (EC 3.5.3.1, arginine amidinase, canavanase, L-arginase, arginine transamidinase) is a manganese-containing enzyme. The reaction catalyzed by this enzyme is:

arginine + H₂O → ornithine + urea

It is the final enzyme of the urea cycle. It is ubiquitous to all domains of life.