Argininosuccinic acid
Chemical formula	C10H18N4O6
Molar mass	290.273 g mol−1
Systematic name	(2S)-2-[[N'-[(4S)-4-amino-4- carboxy-butyl]carbamimidoyl] amino]butanedioic acid
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Arginosuccinic acid is a chemical compound that belongs to the class of the amino acids. Some cells synthesize it from citrulline, aspartic acid and use it as a precursor for arginine in the urea cycle or Citrulline-NO cycle. The enzyme that catalyzes the reaction is ASS. Argininosuccinic acid also forms Fumarate in the Citric Acid Cycle A chemical formula (also called molecular formula) is a concise way of expressing information about the atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound. ... General Name, Symbol, Number carbon, C, 6 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 14, 2, p Appearance black (graphite) colorless (diamond) Atomic mass 12. ... This article is about the chemistry of hydrogen. ... General Name, Symbol, Number nitrogen, N, 7 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 15, 2, p Appearance colorless gas Atomic mass 14. ... General Name, Symbol, Number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series Nonmetals, chalcogens Group, Period, Block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless (gas) very pale blue (liquid) Atomic mass 15. ... Molar mass is the mass of one mole of a chemical element or chemical compound. ... IUPAC nomenclature is a system of naming chemical compounds and of describing the science of chemistry in general. ... A chemical compound is a chemical substance consisting of two or more different chemically bonded chemical elements, with a fixed ratio determining the composition. ... Phenylalanine is one of the standard amino acids. ... The chemical compound citrulline is an α-amino acid (AA). ... Aspartic acid (Asp), also known as aspartate, the name of its anion, is one of the 20 natural proteinogenic amino acids which are the building blocks of proteins. ... Arginine (symbol Arg or R) is an α-amino acid. ... The reactions of the urea cycle. ... Argininosuccinate synthetase is an enzyme that participates in the urea cycle, which is a sequence of chemical reactions that takes place in the cells of the liver. ... A fumarate is a salt or ester of fumaric acid. ... Overview of the citric acid cycle The citric acid cycle (also known as the tricarboxylic acid cycle, the TCA cycle, or the Krebs cycle, after Hans Adolf Krebs who identified the cycle) is a series of chemical reactions of central importance in all living cells that use oxygen as part...

See also

• Succinic acid

Succinic acid, originally called spirit of amber, is a carboxylic acid with the formula: HOOC-CH2-CH2-COOH At room temperature, pure succinic acid is a solid that forms colorless, odorless prisms. ...

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v • d • e  Urea Cycle Metabolic Pathway

L-citrulline Carbamoyl phosphate L-ornithine Pi L-aspartate Urea + ATP PPi + AMP H2O L-argininosuccinate Fumarate L-arginine