passages.id: split_8_test_1126_passage
passages.type: progene_text
passages.text: In the arginine biosynthetic pathway of the vast majority of prokaryotes , the formation of ornithine is catalyzed by an enzyme transferring the acetyl group of N-alpha-acetylornithine to glutamate ( ornithine acetyltransferase [ OATase ] ) ( argJ encoded ) .