| Literature DB >> 22719107 |
Soojin Lim1, Mark Lowry, Robert M Strongin.
Abstract
A rhodamine based boronic acid linearly responds to increasing 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide riboside (AICAr) concentrations in human urine. This method is thus an advance in detecting adenylosuccinate lyase (ADSL) deficiency as AICAr is a model riboside for the ADSL substrates succinyladenosine (S-Ado) and succinylaminoimidazolecarboxamide riboside (SAICAr). ADSL deficiency is a rare but devastating disease of de novo purine synthesis in infants. Its diagnosis is also significant as it is one of the autism spectrum disorders.Entities:
Year: 2011 PMID: 22719107 PMCID: PMC3377351 DOI: 10.1071/CH11328
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Aust J Chem ISSN: 0004-9425 Impact factor: 1.321