title: Turnover of rat liver ornithine transcarbamylase.
abstract: The relative half-life of ornithine transcarbamylase from rat liver has been determined using the double isotope technique and affinity chromatography. The calculated half-life (6-9 days) is similar to that of mitochondria and of the other mitochondrial enzyme of the urea cycle, carbamoyl-phosphate synthase. Therefore, both mitochondrial urea cycle enzymes are most probably degraded mainly via the lysosomal (autophagic) pathway of mitochondrial protein degradation.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009954:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D013347:Subcellular Fractions / Q000201:enzymology
chemical_list: D009954:Ornithine Carbamoyltransferase