Hiroki Morizono, PhD

Research Professor
Primary Department
Pediatrics
Secondary Department
Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine
Affiliation
Children's National Hospital
Research Interests

Dr. Morizono's lab is interested in nitrogen metabolism, a central process for converting nutrients and waste products into the building blocks of cells, energy production and metabolic detoxification.

Keywords

urea cycle enzymes, nitrogen metabolism, function of proteins, metabolic detoxification, vertebrate urea cycle, bacterial arginine biosynthesis pathways, bioinformatics