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A TRANSAMINASE, accomplishing the transfer of amino-nitrogen from 1-ornithine to the ketonic acids, pyruvic, oxalacetic and α-ketoglutaric acid, occurs in mammalian and avian liver. There is little in the literature to indicate that such a reaction may play a part in liver metabolism, and it is the purpose of this short statement to indicate that this reaction may occupy a significant place in hepatic amino-acid metabolism. The literature will be reviewed in a more extensive publication in which full experimental details and results will be given.
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QUASTEL, J., WITTY, R. Ornithine Transaminase. Nature 167, 556 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167556a0
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