Editing Urea cycle (section)

== Products of the urea cycle ==
As stated above many vertebrates use the urea cycle to create urea out of ammonium so that the ammonium does not damage the body. Though this is helpful, there are other effects of the urea cycle. For example: consumption of two ATP, production of urea, generation of H<sup>+</sup>, the combining of {{chem2|HCO3-}} and {{chem2|NH4+}} to forms where it can be regenerated, and finally the consumption of {{chem2|NH4+}}.<ref>{{cite journal|jstor=30158252|title=Functional Roles of Urea in Vertebrates|journal=Physiological Zoology|volume=65|issue=2|last1=Atkinson|first1=Daniel|date=September 20, 1991|publisher=The University of Chicago Press|edition=2|location=Los Angeles|pages=243–267|doi=10.1086/physzool.65.2.30158252|s2cid=87121092}}</ref>