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Sirt5 is known to regulate the activity of the urea cycle enzyme, carbamoyl phosphate synthase 1 (CPS1). SIRT5 mediated de-glutarylated CPS1 is elevated in activity to maintain urea cycle competency during active amino acid incorporation into the bioenergetic machinery thus promoting the potentiation of tumorigenesis.


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