title: A lethal neonatal variant of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase deficiency in combination with an intermediate activity of L-ornithine: 2-oxoglutarate amino-transferase.
abstract: Shortly after birth, a newborn girl developed anorexia, hypotonia, apneic attacks and seizures. After 61 h the child died in coma. Biochemically, a highly elevated blood ammonia level was found together with an increased plasma level of the amino acids mainly involved in ammonia detoxication. Enzyme studies in post-mortem liver tissue material revealed a deficiency of carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase (0.9% of the mean value in controls) in combination with an intermediate activity of L-ornithine: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase (40% of the mean value in controls).
mesh_terms: D000592:Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000378:metabolism*; D000641:Ammonia / Q000097:blood*; D002222:Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Ammonia) / Q000172:deficiency*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008025:Ligases / Q000172:deficiency*; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009952:Ornithine / Q000378:metabolism; D009953:Ornithine-Oxo-Acid Transaminase / Q000172:deficiency*; D011392:Proline / Q000378:metabolism; D000637:Transaminases / Q000172:deficiency*
chemical_list: D000641:Ammonia; D011392:Proline; D009952:Ornithine; D000637:Transaminases; D009953:Ornithine-Oxo-Acid Transaminase; D008025:Ligases; D002222:Carbamoyl-Phosphate Synthase (Ammonia)