Arginase-1
BE0000286ProteinHumansARG1
Catalyzes the final step of the urea cycle by hydrolyzing L-arginine into urea, a nitrogenous waste product, and L-ornithine, a precursor to proline and polyamines; the urea cycle occurs primarily in the liver and, to... It is acted on by 16 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- ARG1
- UniProtKB entry
- P05089Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Cytoplasm, cytosol
- Residues / weight
- 322 residues · 34,735 Da
- Also known as
- 3.5.3.1 · Liver-type arginase · Type I arginase
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Arginase-1, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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