GO_term: GO:0006593   

GO:0006593	Definition	The breakdown into simpler components of ornithine, an amino acid only rarely found in proteins, but which is important in living organisms as an intermediate in the reactions of the urea cycle and in arginine biosynthesis.
	Term	ornithine catabolism
	Type	Biological_process
	Child	Instance	GO:0019466
			GO:0019467
	Parent	Instance_of	GO:0006591
			GO:0019796
	Attributes_of	Index	Ancestor (55)
			Descendent (30)

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