Branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase (BCKDK) deficiency is a familial comorbid intellectual disability, autism, and epilepsy, caused by mutations in the BCKDK. Patients also showed abnormally low plasma levels of branched-chain amino acids.
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
H02136 Branched-chain ketoacid dehydrogenase kinase deficiency
Garcia-Cazorla A, Oyarzabal A, Fort J, Robles C, Castejon E, Ruiz-Sala P, Bodoy S, Merinero B, Lopez-Sala A, Dopazo J, Nunes V, Ugarte M, Artuch R, Palacin M, Rodriguez-Pombo P, Alcaide P, Navarrete R, Sanz P, Font-Llitjos M, Vilaseca MA, Ormaizabal A, Pristoupilova A, Agullo SB
Title
Two novel mutations in the BCKDK (branched-chain keto-acid dehydrogenase kinase) gene are responsible for a neurobehavioral deficit in two pediatric unrelated patients.