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The amino acid ________ is cleared by the enzymes urease to produce urea and ornithine.

a) Glutamic acid
b) Aspartic Acid
c) Alanine
d) Glutamine
e) Arginine

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Answer:

e) Arginine

Step-by-step explanation:

The Urea Cycle -

Urea cycle also called the TCA cycle , takes place in the ureotelic organisms . It is the cycle of biochemical reactions which helps in the production of urea from ammonia .

The highly toxic ammonia produced is excreted out of the organism's body .

Now, in one of the biochemical reaction , an amino acid arginine is used and helps for the production of urea and ornithine as the products and this step occurs in the cytosol of the cell .

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