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Metabolic disorders

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

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Porphyria cutanea tarda AD / acquired

Uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase

UROD

Commonest porphyria; blistering photosensitivity, hypertrichosis, tea-coloured urine; linked to HCV, alcohol, iron, oestrogen

Propionyl-CoA carboxylase

PCCA / PCCB

Ketoacidosis, hyperammonaemia, vomiting, hypotonia

ABCA1 cholesterol efflux transporter

ABCA1

Near-absent HDL, orange tonsils, hepatosplenomegaly, neuropathy

Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase

FAH

Liver failure, renal Fanconi syndrome, hepatocellular carcinoma, cabbage-like odour

PDH, alpha-KG dehydrogenase, transketolase

(acquired B1 deficiency)

Confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia; then confabulation and amnesia

ALD protein (peroxisomal transporter)

ABCD1

Adrenal insufficiency with progressive demyelination and behavioural change