Beta-ketothiolase deficiency/Alpha-methylacetoacetic aciduria is an autosomal recessive error of isoleucine and ketone body catabolism caused by a deficiency of mitochondrial acetoacetyl-CoA thiolase. The patients present with intermittent ketoacidotic episodes and urinary excretion of 2-methylacetoacetate, 2-methyl-3-hydroxybutyrate, and tiglylglycine.
Category
Inherited metabolic disorder
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Metabolic disorders
Inborn errors of metabolism
5C50 Inborn errors of amino acid or other organic acid metabolism
H01076 Beta-ketothiolase deficiency
Identification of three mutant alleles of the gene for mitochondrial acetoacetyl-coenzyme A thiolase. A complete analysis of two generations of a family with 3-ketothiolase deficiency.
