| Literature DB >> 2109149 |
N J Manning1, S E Olpin, R J Pollitt, J Webley.
Abstract
The production of tritiated water from [9,10-3H]myristic acid can be used as a screening assay for the detection of medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency, multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation defects (glutaric aciduria type 2 and ethylmalonic-adipic aciduria types), and some types of hydroxydicarboxylic aciduria. Comparison with the release of tritiated water from [9,10-3H]palmitic acid may give an indication of the chain-length specificity of the metabolic defect. In a case of ethylmalonic-adipic aciduria such a prediction has been confirmed by examination of accumulated intermediates in the affected fibroblasts.Entities:
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Year: 1990 PMID: 2109149 DOI: 10.1007/bf01799333
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Inherit Metab Dis ISSN: 0141-8955 Impact factor: 4.982