See Also: Argininosuccinase(medicine)

lox (oh) and Argininosuccinase (medicine)


lox (oh)



[Date: 1900-2000; Language: Yiddish; Origin: laks, from Middle High German lahs 'salmon']
especially AmE salmon that has been treated with smoke in order to preserve it

Argininosuccinase (medicine)


argininosuccinase -->
argininosuccinate lyase
<enzyme> An enzyme of the urea cycle which splits argininosuccinate to fumarate plus arginine. Its absence leads to the metabolic disease argininosuccinic acidemia in man.

Chemical name: N-(L-Argininosuccinate) arginine-lyase

Registry number: EC 4.3.2.1