| Literature DB >> 14197572 |
J D FINKELSTEIN, S H MUDD, F IRREVERRE, L LASTER.
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Deficiency of cystathioninie synthetase activity results in the clinical syndrome of homocystinuria. In both parents of a patient with homocystinuria, the hepatic cystathionine synthetase activity was 40 percent of that in unrelated control patients. These findings demonstrate that the metabolic error is inherited and suggest that the parents, although clinically normal, represent the heterozygous. state. A second case of homocystinuria also is shown to be associated with cystathionine synthetase deficiency.Entities:
Keywords: AMINO ACID METABOLISM, INBORN ERRORS; AMINOACIDURIA, RENAL; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; GENETICS, HUMAN; HYDRO-LYASES; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER ENZYMOLOGY; PATHOLOGY
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Year: 1964 PMID: 14197572 DOI: 10.1126/science.146.3645.785
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728