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==Why is it Important?==

==Why is it Important?==

Arginine plays a critical role in the detoxification of ammonia, resulting from the turnover and breakdown of proteins. It is an important intermediate in the urea cycle which converts ammonia to urea. <span style="color:red">In cats the arginine dietary protein in order to handle the increased need for detoxifying ammonia released from amino acid catabolism a<ref name="Taylor">Taylor TP, et al. Increasing dispensable amino acids in diets of kittens fed essential amino acids at or below their requirement increases the requirement for arginine. Amino Acid 1997;13:257-272.</ref><SENTENCE NEEDS REVIEW</span>. Cats are also highly sensitive to dietary arginine deficiency, feeding an arginine free diet to cats can result in hyperammonemia and death within a few hours<ref>Morris JG and Rogers QR. Ammonia intoxication in the near-adult cat as a result of a dietary deficiency of arginine. Science 1978 Jan 27;199(4327):431-2</ref>.

Arginine plays a critical role in the detoxification of ammonia, resulting from the turnover and breakdown of proteins. It is an important intermediate in the urea cycle which converts ammonia to urea. In cats, the arginine dietary protein requirement is higher in order to handle the increased need for detoxifying ammonia released from amino acid catabolism a<ref name="Taylor">Taylor TP, et al. Increasing dispensable amino acids in diets of kittens fed essential amino acids at or below their requirement increases the requirement for arginine. Amino Acid 1997;13:257-272.</ref>. Cats are also highly sensitive to dietary arginine deficiency, feeding an arginine free diet to cats can result in hyperammonemia and death within a few hours<ref>Morris JG and Rogers QR. Ammonia intoxication in the near-adult cat as a result of a dietary deficiency of arginine. Science 1978 Jan 27;199(4327):431-2</ref>.

==Roles in the Body==

==Roles in the Body==