Compound
N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine
An N2-acyl-L-ornithine where the acyl group is specified to be acetyl.
Definition from ChEBI (CHEBI:16543), read 2026-09-23. CC BY 4.0.
What it touches on the way
Mechanistic reach
1 entity
1 entities reached.
0 reported hops1 assembled from the scaffold
What the reference databases state
Statements
1 statement
1 statement · 1 reference database · Subject: N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine · Sources: Human-GEM
- N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine is a substrate of ACY1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR08425Inferred only
Reactions
7 reactions
water+N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithineacetate+L-ornithine
Catalysed by ACY1
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 3.5.1.14GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR08425CC BY 4.0Reference data
N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithineN(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 3.1.1.4GO:0005829, GO:0005615
Human-GEM MAR09998CC BY 4.0Reference data
Reaction pageReversibleBalance undeterminableGO:0005615
Human-GEM MAR10198CC BY 4.0Reference data
N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine+L-glutamate(1-)N-acetyl-L-glutamate+L-ornithine
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:15349CC BY 4.0Reference data
N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine+waterL-ornithine+acetate
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:15941CC BY 4.0Reference data
N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine+2-oxoglutarate(2-)CHEBI:29123+L-glutamate(1-)
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:18049CC BY 4.0Reference data
N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine+carbamoyl phosphateCHEBI:58765+hydrogenphosphate+hydron
Reaction pageDirection not assertedBalance undeterminable
Rhea RHEA:18609CC BY 4.0Reference data
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: N(2)-acetyl-L-ornithine
- Also called
- N-AcetylornithineN2-Acetyl-L-ornithine
- Systematic name
- (2S)-2-acetamido-5-aminopentanoic acid