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Genotype-Phenotype Correlations in Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency: A Mutation Update.
Journal of genetics and genomics = Yi chuan xue bao - 20 May 2015
Caldovic Ljubica, Abdikarim Iman, Narain Sahas, Tuchman Mendel, Morizono Hiroki
Abstract excerpt
Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency is an X-linked trait that accounts for nearly half of all inherited disorders of the urea cycle. OTC is one of the enzymes common to both the urea cycle and the bacterial arginine biosynthesis pathway; however, the role of OTC has changed over evolution. For animals with a urea cycle, defects in OTC can trigger hyperammonemic episodes that can lead to brain damage and...
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