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Compound

N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine

CHEBI:7101ChEBI

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What it touches on the way

Inferred

Not reported; assembled from reference reactions.

Mechanistic reach

4 entities

4 entities reached.

0 reported hops4 assembled from the scaffold

NOS2ProteinUNIPROT:P35228substrate ofInferred only306 paths152 endpoints
NOS3ProteinUNIPROT:P29474substrate ofInferred only144 paths72 endpoints
NOS1ProteinUNIPROT:P29475substrate ofInferred only102 paths51 endpoints
L-arginineCompoundCHEBI:16467converted toInferred only30 paths21 endpoints

What the reference databases state

Statements

8 statements

8 statements · 1 reference database · Subject: N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine · Sources: Human-GEM

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L-arginine is converted to N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithineCompoundHuman-GEM MAR04190Inferred only
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine is converted to L-arginineCompoundHuman-GEM MAR04190Inferred only
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine is a substrate of NOS1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR04190Inferred only
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine is a substrate of NOS1ProteinHuman-GEM MAR03993Inferred only
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine is a substrate of NOS2ProteinHuman-GEM MAR03993Inferred only
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine is a substrate of NOS2ProteinHuman-GEM MAR04190Inferred only
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine is a substrate of NOS3ProteinHuman-GEM MAR03993Inferred only
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine is a substrate of NOS3ProteinHuman-GEM MAR04190Inferred only

Reactions

4 reactions

2N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine+NADPH(4-)+2dioxygen2L-citrulline+proton+2water+NADP(3-)+2nitric oxide
Catalysed by NOS2 or NOS1 or NOS3
Reaction pageLeft to rightBalancedEC 1.14.13.39GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR03993CC BY 4.0Reference data
L-arginine+proton+NADPH(4-)+dioxygenwater+N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine+NADP(3-)
Catalysed by NOS2 or NOS1 or NOS3
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedEC 1.14.13.39GO:0005829
Human-GEM MAR04190CC BY 4.0Reference data
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine
Reaction pageReversibleBalance undeterminableGO:0005615
Human-GEM MAR10265CC BY 4.0Reference data
N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithineN(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine
Reaction pageReversibleBalancedGO:0005829, GO:0005615
Human-GEM MAR10391CC BY 4.0Reference data

Other names

2 names

Resolves to: N(5)-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine

Also called: N-(omega)-Hydroxyarginine
Systematic name: N5-[(Z)-amino(hydroxyimino)methyl]ornithine