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Metabolic disorders

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

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Cystathionine beta-synthase

CBS

Marfanoid habitus, DOWNWARD lens dislocation, thrombosis, intellectual disability, osteoporosis

Lead poisoning Acquired

ALA dehydratase and ferrochelatase

(acquired)

Microcytic anaemia with basophilic stippling, abdominal colic, wrist/foot drop, encephalopathy, gingival lead lines

Branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase

BCKDHA/B, DBT

Burnt-sugar/maple urine odour, poor feeding, ketoacidosis, encephalopathy

MELAS Mitochondrial

Mitochondrial tRNA-Leu(UUR) mutation (commonly m.3243A>G); impairs synthesis of mtDNA-encoded respiratory subunits, Complex I most severely

Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, stroke-like episodes; ragged red fibres

Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase (or cobalamin handling)

MMUT / MMAA / MMAB

Ketoacidosis, hyperammonaemia, failure to thrive

Tyrosinase

TYR

Hypopigmentation of skin/hair/eyes, photophobia, nystagmus, high skin cancer risk

Ornithine transcarbamylase

Commonest urea cycle defect; hyperammonaemia, vomiting, encephalopathy; low BUN, no megaloblastic anaemia

Phenylalanine hydroxylase (or BH4 synthesis/recycling)

PAH / PTS / QDPR

Intellectual disability, musty odour, hypopigmentation, eczema, seizures