2017-08-02T02:40:01+03:00[Europe/Moscow] en true Homocystinuria, Alkaptonuria, Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency, Tyrosinemia type III, Piebaldism, Urocanic aciduria, Glutaric aciduria type 1, Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency, Dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency, Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, Lysinuric protein intolerance, 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency, Brunner syndrome, Hyperhomocysteinemia, Argininosuccinic aciduria, Beta-ketothiolase deficiency, Glutathione synthetase deficiency, Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency, Tyrosinemia type II, Dicarboxylic aminoaciduria, Hyperammonemia, Type I tyrosinemia, Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, Fumarase deficiency, Ocular albinism, Carnosinemia, 2-Methylbutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, Cystinosis, Cystinuria, Waardenburg syndrome, Fanconi syndrome, Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome, Ochronosis, Phenylketonuria, D-Glyceric acidemia, Ornithine translocase deficiency, Ornithine aminotransferase deficiency, Prolidase deficiency, Propionic acidemia, Histidinemia, Oculocerebrorenal syndrome, Hartnup disease, Oculocutaneous albinism, Ocular albinism type 1, Pipecolic acidemia, Maple syrup urine disease, Hawkinsinuria, Citrullinemia, Tyrosinemia, Hyperlysinemia, Isovaleric acidemia, Congenital disorders of amino acid metabolism, Saccharopinuria, Hypertryptophanemia, Hypervalinemia, Iminoglycinuria, Inborn errors of renal tubular transport, Sarcosinemia, Methylmalonic acidemia flashcards
Amino acid metabolism disorders

Amino acid metabolism disorders

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  • Homocystinuria
    Classical homocystinuria, also known as cystathionine beta synthase deficiency or CBS deficiency, is an inherited disorder of the metabolism of the amino acid methionine, often involving cystathionine beta synthase.
  • Alkaptonuria
    Alkaptonuria (black urine disease, black bone disease, or alcaptonuria) is a rare inherited genetic disorder in which the body cannot process the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine, which occur in protein.
  • Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency
    Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency (THBD, BH4D), also called THB or BH4 deficiency, is a rare metabolic disorder that increases the blood levels of phenylalanine.
  • Tyrosinemia type III
    Type III tyrosinemia is a rare disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (EC 1.13.11.27), encoded by the gene HPD.
  • Piebaldism
    Piebaldism is a rare autosomal dominant disorder of melanocyte development.
  • Urocanic aciduria
    Urocanic aciduria, also called urocanate hydratase deficiency or urocanase deficiency, is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme urocanase.
  • Glutaric aciduria type 1
    Glutaric acidemia type 1 (or "Glutaric Aciduria", "GA1", or "GAT1") is an inherited disorder in which the body is unable to break down completely the amino acids lysine, hydroxylysine and tryptophan.
  • Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency
    Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase is a mitochondrial homodimer apoenzyme (EC. 5. 4.99.2) that focuses on the catalysis of methylmalonyl CoA to succinyl CoA.
  • Dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency
    Dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency is a condition involving inadequate Dopamine beta hydroxylase.
  • Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
    Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency also known as OTC deficiency is the most common urea cycle disorder in humans.
  • Lysinuric protein intolerance
    Lysinuric protein intolerance (LPI), also called hyperdibasic aminoaciduria type 2,cationic aminoaciduria or familial protein intolerance, is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting amino acid transport.
  • 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency
    3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency (3MCC deficiency), also known as 3-Methylcrotonylglycinuria or BMCC deficiency is an inherited disorder in which the body is unable to process certain proteins properly.
  • Brunner syndrome
    Brunner syndrome is a rare genetic disorder associated with a mutation in the MAOA gene.
  • Hyperhomocysteinemia
    Hyperhomocysteinemia or hyperhomocysteinaemia is a medical condition characterized by an abnormally high level of homocysteine in the blood, conventionally described as above 15 µmol/L.
  • Argininosuccinic aciduria
    Argininosuccinic aciduria, also called argininosuccinic acidemia, is an inherited disorder that causes the accumulation of argininosuccinic acid (also known as "ASA") in the blood and urine.
  • Beta-ketothiolase deficiency
    Beta-ketothiolase deficiency is a rare, autosomal recessive metabolic disorder in which the body cannot properly process the amino acid isoleucine or the products of lipid breakdown.
  • Glutathione synthetase deficiency
    Glutathione synthetase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that prevents the production of glutathione.
  • Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency
    Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency, also called GAMT deficiency, is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that primarily affects the nervous system and muscles.
  • Tyrosinemia type II
    Tyrosinemia type II (Oculocutaneous tyrosinemia, Richner-Hanhart syndrome) is an autosomal recessive condition with onset between ages 2 and 4 years, when painful circumscribed calluses develop on the pressure points of the palm of the hand and sole of the foot.
  • Dicarboxylic aminoaciduria
    Dicarboxylic aminoaciduria is a rare form of aminoaciduria (1:35 000 births) which is an autosomal recessive disorder of urinary glutamate and aspartate due to genetic errors related to transport of these amino acids.
  • Hyperammonemia
    Hyperammonemia (or hyperammonaemia) is a metabolic disturbance characterised by an excess of ammonia in the blood.
  • Type I tyrosinemia
    Type 1 tyrosinemia, also known as hepatorenal tyrosinemia or tyrosinosis, is the most severe form of tyrosinemia, a buildup of too much of the amino acid tyrosine in the blood and tissues due to an inability to metabolize it.
  • Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency
    Succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (SSADHD), also known as 4-hydroxybutyric aciduria or gamma-hydroxybutyric aciduria, is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of the degradation pathway of the inhibitory neurotransmitter γ-aminobutyric acid, or GABA.
  • Fumarase deficiency
    Fumarase deficiency (or fumaric aciduria), also known as "Polygamist Down's", is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme fumarate hydratase, which is indicated by a buildup of fumaric acid in the urine.
  • Ocular albinism
    Ocular albinism is a form of albinism which, in contrast to oculocutaneous albinism, presents primarily in the eyes.
  • Carnosinemia
    Carnosinemia, also called carnosinase deficiency or aminoacyl-histidine dipeptidase deficiency, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of carnosinase, a dipeptidase (a type of enzyme that splits dipeptides into their two amino acid constituents).
  • 2-Methylbutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
    2-Methylbutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, also called 2-Methylbutyryl glycinuria or short/branched-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (SBCADD), is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder.
  • Cystinosis
    Cystinosis is a lysosomal storage disease characterized by the abnormal accumulation of the amino acid cystine.
  • Cystinuria
    Cystinuria is an inherited autosomal recessive disease that is characterized by high concentrations of the amino acid cystine in the urine, leading to the formation of cystine stones in the kidneys, ureter, and bladder.
  • Waardenburg syndrome
    Waardenburg syndrome is a rare genetic disorder most often characterized by varying degrees of deafness, minor defects in structures arising from the neural crest, and pigmentation changes.
  • Fanconi syndrome
    Fanconi syndrome or Fanconi's syndrome (English /fɑːnˈkoʊni/, /fæn-/) is a syndrome of inadequate reabsorption in the proximal renal tubules of the kidney.
  • Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome
    Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome (HPS) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder which results in oculocutaneous albinism (decreased pigmentation), bleeding problems due to a platelet abnormality (platelet storage pool defect), and storage of an abnormal fat-protein compound (lysosomal accumulation of ceroid lipofuscin).
  • Ochronosis
    Ochronosis is the syndrome caused by the accumulation of homogentisic acid in connective tissues.
  • Phenylketonuria
    Phenylketonuria (PKU) is an inborn error of metabolism that results in decreased metabolism of the amino acid phenylalanine.
  • D-Glyceric acidemia
    D-Glyceric Acidemia (a.k.a. D-Glyceric Aciduria) is an inherited disease, in the category of inborn errors of metabolism.
  • Ornithine translocase deficiency
    Ornithine translocase deficiency, also called hyperornithinemia-hyperammonemia-homocitrullinuria (HHH) syndrome, is a rare autosomal recessive urea cycle disorder affecting the enzyme ornithine translocase, which causes ammonia to accumulate in the blood, a condition called hyperammonemia.
  • Ornithine aminotransferase deficiency
    Ornithine aminotransferase deficiency (also known as gyrate atrophy of the choroid and retina) is an inborn error of ornithine metabolism, caused by decreased activity of the enzyme ornithine aminotransferase.
  • Prolidase deficiency
    Prolidase deficiency (PD) is an autosomal recessive disease that is extremely uncommon and is associated with collagen metabolism and affects the connective tissues.
  • Propionic acidemia
    Propionic acidemia, also known as propionic aciduria, propionyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency and ketotic glycinemia, is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder, classified as a branched-chain organic acidemia.
  • Histidinemia
    Histidinemia, also referred to as histidinuria, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme histidase.
  • Oculocerebrorenal syndrome
    Oculocerebrorenal syndrome (also called Lowe syndrome) is a rare X-linked recessive disorder characterized by congenital cataracts, hypotonia and areflexia, intellectual disability, proximal tubular acidosis, aminoaciduria, phosphaturia, and low-molecular-weight proteinuria.
  • Hartnup disease
    Hartnup disease (also known as "pellagra-like dermatosis" and "Hartnup disorder") is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting the absorption of nonpolar amino acids (particularly tryptophan that can be, in turn, converted into serotonin, melatonin, and niacin).
  • Oculocutaneous albinism
    Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA) is a form of albinism involving the eyes (oculo-), the skin (-cutaneous), and according to some definitions, the hair.
  • Ocular albinism type 1
    Ocular albinism type 1 (OA1), also called Nettleship–Falls syndrome, is the most common type of ocular albinism, with a prevalence rate of 1:50,000.
  • Pipecolic acidemia
    Pipecolic acidemia, also called hyperpipecolic acidemia or hyperpipecolatemia, is a very rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that is caused by a peroxisomal defect.
  • Maple syrup urine disease
    Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), also called branched-chain ketoaciduria, is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder affecting branched-chain amino acids.
  • Hawkinsinuria
    Hawkinsinuria, also called 4-Alpha-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase deficiency, is an autosomal dominant metabolic disorder affecting the metabolism of tyrosine.
  • Citrullinemia
    Citrullinemia is an autosomal recessive urea cycle disorder that causes ammonia and other toxic substances to accumulate in the blood.
  • Tyrosinemia
    Tyrosinemia or tyrosinaemia is an error of metabolism, usually inborn, in which the body cannot effectively break down the amino acid tyrosine.
  • Hyperlysinemia
    Hyperlysinemia is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by an abnormal increase of lysine in the blood, but appears to be benign.
  • Isovaleric acidemia
    Isovaleric acidemia, also called isovaleric aciduria or isovaleric acid CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder which disrupts or prevents normal metabolism of the branched-chain amino acid leucine.
  • Congenital disorders of amino acid metabolism
    Inborn errors of amino acid metabolism are metabolic disorders which impair the synthesis and degradation of amino acids.
  • Saccharopinuria
    Saccharopinuria (an excess of saccharopine in the urine), also called saccharopinemia, saccharopine dehydrogenase deficiency or alpha-aminoadipic semialdehyde synthase deficiency, is a variant form of hyperlysinemia.
  • Hypertryptophanemia
    Hypertryptophanemia, also called familial hypertryptophanemia, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder that results in a massive buildup of the amino acid tryptophan in the blood, with associated symptoms and tryptophanuria (-uria denotes "in the urine").
  • Hypervalinemia
    Hypervalinemia, also called valinemia or valine transaminase deficiency, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder in which urinary and serum levels of the branched-chain amino acid valine are elevated, without related elevation of the branched-chain amino acids leucine and isoleucine.
  • Iminoglycinuria
    Iminoglycinuria, sometimes called familial iminoglycinuria, is an autosomal recessive disorder of renal tubular transport affecting reabsorption of the amino acid glycine, and the imino acids proline and hydroxyproline.
  • Inborn errors of renal tubular transport
    Inborn errors of renal tubular transport are metabolic disorders which lead to impairment in the ability of solutes, such as salts or amino acids, to be transported across the brush border of the renal tubule.
  • Sarcosinemia
    Sarcosinemia (SAR), also called hypersarcosinemia and SARDH deficiency, is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder characterized by an increased concentration of sarcosine in blood plasma and urine ("sarcosinuria").
  • Methylmalonic acidemia
    Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA), also called methylmalonic aciduria, is an autosomal recessive metabolic disorder.