3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	-	
3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	enzyme is involved in acid resistance and inhibits host nitric oxide production	
3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	enzyme is involved in net production of ornithine, a precursor of polyamines, glutamate, and proline, enzyme is also involved in regulation of nitric oxide biosynthesis by modulating arginine availability for nitric oxide synthase	
3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	enzyme is involved in regulating L-arginine bioavailability to NO synthase in human penile corpus cavernosum smooth muscle, and in clitoral corpus cavernosum and vagina, enzyme plays a role in both female and male sexual arousal	
3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	enzyme is involved in regulation of nitric oxide biosynthesis by modulating arginine availability for nitric oxide synthase	
3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	arginase competes with nitric oxide synthases for L-arginine as the common substrate	
3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	arginase catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of polyamines	
3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	the enzyme catalyses the catabolism of L-arginine to L-ornithine and urea	
3.5.3.1	L-arginine + H2O	the enzyme involved in urea cycle	
3.5.3.1	additional information	enzyme may be involved in cellular proliferation in atherosclerosis, inhibiton of enzyme expression by 17beta-estradiol as mechanism in attenuating atherogenensis