Biomarkers for urea cycle disorders (WP4583)
Homo sapiens
Urea cycle disorders are caused by enzyme or transporter defects in the Urea cycle (WP4571). These diseases are characterised by hyperammonemia, respiratory alkalosis and encephalopathy and the severity of the disease depends on the severity of the defect and the place of the defect in the cycle. Severe forms usually have an onset in infancy, while mild forms can also present in adulthood. The diagnosis of Urea cycle disorders is based on altered concentrations of different metabolic biochemical markers. Some of these markers are metabolites in the Urea cycle, but there are also several other markers, that are either indirectly or not related to the Urea cycle. All metabolic markers used for the diagnosis of at least one Urea cycle disorder and their relations are visualized in this pathway. Biochemical markers derived from http://www.iembase.org/, for all diseases pictured in WP4571
Authors
Irene Hemel , Denise Slenter , and Egon WillighagenActivity
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Organisms
Homo sapiensCommunities
Annotations
Disease Ontology
carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency disease hyperargininemia ornithine carbamoyltransferase deficiency urea cycle disorder citrullinemia argininosuccinic aciduriaPathway Ontology
urea cycle pathway inborn error of urea cycle pathwayLabel | Type | Compact URI | Comment |
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Methionine | Metabolite | hmdb:HMDB0000696 | |
Citrulline | Metabolite | chebi:57743 | Zwitterion needed for conversion to take place |
Orotate | Metabolite | hmdb:HMDB0000226 | |
Tyrosine | Metabolite | hmdb:HMDB0000158 | |
Homocitrulline | Metabolite | chebi:58148 | Zwitterion needed for conversion to take place |
Galactose | Metabolite | hmdb:HMDB0000143 | |
Argininosuccinate | Metabolite | chebi:57472 | (1-) charge needed for conversion to take place |
Ornithine | Metabolite | chebi:46911 | (1) charge needed for conversion to take place |
Urea | Metabolite | chebi:16199 | |
Creatine | Metabolite | chebi:57947 | Zwitterion needed for conversion to take place |
Carbamoyl-phosphate | Metabolite | chebi:58228 | (2-) charge needed for conversion to take place |
NH4+ | Metabolite | chebi:28938 | |
Guanidinoacetate | Metabolite | chebi:57742 | Zwitterion needed for conversion to take place |
Glutamine | Metabolite | chebi:58359 | Zwitterion needed for conversion to take place |
Threonine | Metabolite | hmdb:HMDB0000167 | |
Arginine | Metabolite | chebi:32682 | (1+) charge needed for conversion to take place |
Glutamate | Metabolite | chebi:29985 | (1-) charge needed for conversion to take place |
Fumarate | Metabolite | chebi:29806 | (2-) charge needed for conversion to take place |
N-acetylglutamate | Metabolite | chebi:44337 | (2-) charge needed for conversion to take place |
Aspartate | Metabolite | chebi:29991 | (1-) charge needed for conversion to take place |
(S)-Beta-aminoisobutyrate | Metabolite | chebi:57731 | aka (R)-3-amino-2-methylpropanoateZwitterion needed for conversion to take place |
Beta-alanine | Metabolite | chebi:57966 | Zwitterion needed for conversion to take place |
GATM | Protein | uniprot:P50440 | |
ALT | Protein | uniprot:P24298 | aka Alanine aminotransferase |
Factor X | Protein | uniprot:P00742 | |
GAMT | Protein | uniprot:Q14353 | |
AST | Protein | uniprot:P17174 | aka Aspartate aminotransferase |
Factor VII | Protein | uniprot:P08709 | |
GLS2 | Protein | uniprot:Q9UI32 | |
ARG1 | Protein | uniprot:P05089 | |
ASS1 | Protein | uniprot:P00966 | |
ASL | Protein | uniprot:P04424 | |
NAGS | Protein | uniprot:Q8N159 | |
OTC | Protein | uniprot:P00480 |
References
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- Urea Cycle Disorders Overview. Ah Mew N, Simpson KL, Gropman AL, Lanpher BC, Chapman KA, Summar ML. In: Adam MP, Mirzaa GM, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Bean LJ, Gripp KW, et al., editors. GeneReviews®. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 2003. PubMed Europe PMC Scholia