- Type of metabolic pathway: anabolic, cyclic
- Main goal: production of urea from ammonium ion, bicarbonate and the amine group of aspartate
- Subcellular localization: mitochondria and cytosol
- Number of biochemical reactions: 4
- Energetic outcome (per cycle): -1 ATP (it is hydrolyzed to AMP, that means, 2 phosphate bonds are spent) and -2 ATP (spent in the reaction of synthesis of carbamoyl phosphate, the substrate of urea cycle)
- Final product (per ciclo): 1 urea
