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Genetics Ch 7 Diseases
Neonatal Diseases and enzymes
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Post-Graduate
10/26/2011

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Term
Alkaptonuria
Definition

Failure to produce Homogentisate 1,2 dioxygenase

 

Intermediate in Tyrosine metabolism

 

Black urine

 

Term
Galactosemia
Definition

Most common - defective Galactose 1P uridyl transferase

 

Build up of galactose and byproducts

 

Results in failure to thrive

 

Can also be from defective galactokinase

Term
Asymptomatic Fructosuria
Definition

Defective hepatic fructokinase

 

Fructose can't be converted to F1P

 

Asymptomatic

 

Results in fructose in the urine

Term
Hereditary Fructose Interolerance
Definition

No fructose 1,6 bisphosphate aldolase

 

Can be deadly if untreated

Term
Diabetes Type I
Definition

autoimmune disorder against beta cells of the pancrease

 

Little to no endogenous insulin produced

 

Must treat with injectable insulin

 

Mutant gene concerning HLA-B27 or insulin (11)

Term
Diabetes Type 2
Definition

Insulin resistance

 

Not autoimmune

 

Faulty gene encoding leptin or insulin receptors

Term
MODY
Definition
Subset of Diabetes type 2
Term
Persistant Intestinal LPH
Definition

LPH gene encoded on chromo 2

 

Encodes lactase-phlorizin hydrolase

 

 

Term
Lactose nonpersistence
Definition

"Lactose Intolerance"

 

GI problems

 

Deficient LPH

Term
Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Definition

Defective phenylalanine hydroxylase

 

Can't metabolize tyrosine; elevated phenylalanine levels

 

Causes severe mental retardation

Term
Tyrosinemia 1
Definition

Defective fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (FAH)

 

Catalyzes the last step in tyrosine metabolism

 

Substrate buildup is toxic to the liver

Term
Maple syrup urine disease
Definition

Defective branced chain @ketoacid dehydrogenase (BCKAD)

 

Can't metabolize BCAAs (valine, isoleucine, leucine)

 

Untreated leads to neurodegeneration & death

Term
Oculocutaneous Tyrosinemia type 2
Definition

Defective tyrosine aminotransferase

 

Results in corneal erosion & mental retardation

Term
MCAD Deficiency
Definition

Defective medium-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase (MCAD)

 

Results in hypoglycemia & cerebral edema

 

Death unless glucose is admin

Term
LCHAD deficiency
Definition

Defective long chain L-3 hydroxyacyl-coA dehydrogenase

 

Affects the 2nd step of long chain fatty acid metabolism

 

Results in severe defects

Term
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome
Definition

mutation in delta-7 sterol reductase

 

Defective cholesterol synthesis

Term
Mucopolysaccharide disorders
Definition

From defective lysosomal enzymes

 

Specifically can't breakdown glycosaminoglycans

 

All types result in chronic multisystem destruction

Term
Methylmalonic acidemia
Definition
Defective methylmalonic coA mutase
Term
Wilson's disease
Definition

Defective ATP7B

 

Results in defective excretion of copper into biliary tract

 

Leads to liver disease and neuro abnormalities

Term
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Definition

Most commonly a defective 21-hydroxylase enzyme

 

CYP21

 

3 forms; salt-wasting is most common form

 

Results in salt wasting, hyponatremia, hyperkalemia

 

Converts Progesterone to deoxycorticosterone & cortisol

 

Infants present with ambigous genitalia

Term
Androgen Insensitivity Syndromes
Definition

Typical female external genitalia but internal testis

 

Infertility

 

Defective androgen receptor

Term
Zellweger syndrome
Definition

Peroxisome enzyme disease

 

 

Term
Hunter syndrome (MPS II)
Definition
Defective iduronate sulfatase
Term
Gaucher disease
Definition

Defective B-glucosidase

 

Results in visceromegaly

Term
Tay-Sachs disease
Definition
Defective B-hexosaminidase A
Term
Urea cycle disorders
Definition

Accumulation of urea precursors

 

Most important is defective arginase

 

Results in progressive quadriplegia & mental retardation

Term
Menkes disease
Definition
Deficiency of copper from mutant ATP7A
Term
Hereditary Hemochromatosis
Definition

Iron buildup in organs

 

Major symptom is fatigue

 

May be from defective HLA-A3 gene

Term
Acrodermatitis enteropathica
Definition

Defective absorption of zinc from the GI tract

 

Mutant SLC39A4 for a zinc-transporter protein

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