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Illustrate and explain the importance of the urea cycle as it relates to nitrogen disposal. Explain...

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Illustrate and explain the importance of the urea cycle as itrelates to nitrogen disposal. Explain the role of NAG in theregulation of CPSI activity and how this affects urea cyclefunction. Discuss how the urea cycle would be affected during ashort-term fast (< 8 hr), long-term fast (> 24 hr), inresponse to a low (but adequate) protein diet, and in response to ahigh protein diet.

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When proteins are break down they are deaminated NH2 group is removed and converted to Ammonia NH3 is extremely toxic in small concentrations and so it has to be removed quickly In the Urea cycle the Ammonia is converted to    See Answer
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