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Metabolic disorders

Inborn errors and acquired disorders mapped to the pathway and enzyme they affect.

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Unrestrained ketogenesis in insulin deficiency

(acquired) Ketogenesis

Hyperglycaemia, high anion-gap acidosis, Kussmaul breathing, acetone breath, dehydration

MRP2 canalicular transporter

ABCC2

Conjugated hyperbilirubinaemia; grossly black liver

Gilbert syndrome AR / polymorphism

UGT1A1 (reduced activity)

UGT1A1

Mild intermittent jaundice with fasting, illness or stress; otherwise benign

Gout Multifactorial

Overproduction or underexcretion of urate

Acute podagra; negatively birefringent needle-shaped crystals; tophi

UMP synthase (OPRT + OMP decarboxylase)

UMPS

Megaloblastic anaemia NOT responsive to B12 or folate, failure to thrive; NO hyperammonaemia (unlike OTC deficiency)