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Arginase
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<p>Arginase (<a href="/facts/Enzyme_Commission_number/Y5GNLRKX">EC</a> <a href="https://enzyme.expasy.org/EC/3.5.3.1">3.5.3.1</a>, <i>arginine amidinase</i>, <i>canavanase</i>, <i>L-arginase</i>, <i>arginine transamidinase</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Manganese/j9ELd1TL">manganese</a>-containing <a href="/facts/Enzyme/DSI1Fh7y">enzyme</a>. The reaction catalyzed by this enzyme is: </p> <a href="/facts/Arginine/y49Hdf1e">arginine</a> + <a href="/facts/Water/0lkXnJPK">H2O</a> → <a href="/facts/Ornithine/BtnkQfmk">ornithine</a> + <a href="/facts/Urea/6j84AoCG">urea</a> <p>It is the final <a href="/facts/Enzyme/DSI1Fh7y">enzyme</a> of the <a href="/facts/Urea_cycle/rWjAo7DY">urea cycle</a>. It is ubiquitous to all domains of life. </p>