Argininosuccinate lyase
BE0000520ProteinHumansASL
Catalyzes the reversible cleavage of L-argininosuccinate to fumarate and L-arginine, an intermediate step reaction in the urea cycle mostly providing for hepatic nitrogen detoxification into excretable urea as well as de novo L-arginine synthesis in... It is acted on by 3 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- ASL
- UniProtKB entry
- P04424Swiss-Prot
- Residues / weight
- 464 residues · 51,658 Da
- Also known as
- 4.3.2.1 · Arginosuccinase · ASAL
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Argininosuccinate lyase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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