Urea cycle occurs in: (A) Liver, (B) Gastrointestinal tract, (C) Spleen, (D) Kidney
Answer is A. Inside the cells of almost all tissues,transamination of amino acids produce glutamic acid. How ever , Glutamate dehydrogenase is available only in liver. Therefore ,the final deamination and production of ammonia is taking place in Liver.Which fuher enters Urea cycle.Ref: DM Vasudevan - Textbook of Biochemistry, 7th edition, page no: 203