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[Gene analysis of maple syrup urine disease (MSUD)].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 May 1993
Mitsubuchi H, Nobukuni Y, Hayashida Y, Ohta K, Indo Y, Akaboshi I, Endo F, Matsuda I
Abstract excerpt
Maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), an autosomal recessive hereditary metabolic disorder, is due to defective oxidative decarboxylation of the branched-chain alpha-ketoacids (BCKAs) derived from transamination of the three branched-chain amino acids, valine, leucine and isoleucine. The oxidative decarboxylation of three BCKAs is catalysed by the branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKDH) complex. BCKDH...
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