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Interpretation: To determine the chemical products besides carbamoyl phosphate produced at the same time it is produced.
Concept introduction: Carbamoyl phosphate is an intermediate or one of the fuel for the urea cycle. Ammonium ion produced via oxidative deamination reaction is converted into the carbamoyl phosphate which then enters the urea cycle.
The carbamoyl phosphate formation reaction is carried out in the mitochondrial matrix. Carbamoyl is the prefix used to represent an amide group. Thus carbamoyl phosphate is a molecule that contains a phosphate group attached to an amide
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