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Results 1 - 5 of 5 for Carbamoyl phosphate
  1. Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency is an inherited disorder that causes ammonia to accumulate in the blood (hyperammonemia). Ammonia, which is formed when ...
  2. ... CPS1 gene provides instructions for making the enzyme carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I. This enzyme participates in the urea ... ammonia, which is toxic.The specific role of carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I is to control the first step ...
  3. ... acetylglutamate is necessary to turn on the enzyme carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I. This enzyme controls the first step ... at all. This shortage of N-acetylglutamate prevents carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I from being turned on, which prevents ...
  4. ... to control the reaction in which two compounds, carbamoyl phosphate and ornithine, form a new compound called citrulline. ...
  5. ... body. These diseases include: Argininosuccinic aciduria Arginase deficiency Carbamyl phosphate synthetase (CPS) deficiency Citrullinemia N-acetylglutamate synthetase (NAGS) ...