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An inherited arginase deficiency in sheep erythrocytes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

P. C. Wright ,
J. D. Young ,
J. L. Mangan  and
Elizabeth M. Tucker
Elizabeth M. Tucker
Affiliation:
A.R.C. Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, Cambridge CB2 4JLT, U.K.
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Arginase (EC 3.5.3.1) catalyses the conversion of arginine to ornithine and urea, and is a key enzyme of the urea cycle. The enzyme is present in high activity in various mammalian red cells (Nishibe, 1973, 1974; Owczarczyk & Barej, 1975) and inherited arginase deficiencies have been found in two primate species (Shih et al. 1972; Terheggen, Lavinha & Colombo, 1972). The present paper describes an inherited arginase deficiency in the erythrocytes of certain sheep.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 88 , Issue 3 , June 1977 , pp. 765 - 767
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

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