Citrullinemia (CTLN) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a deficiency of argininosuccinate synthetase/citrin and characterized primarily by elevated serum and urine citrulline levels.
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
H00185 Citrullinemia
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Amino acid metabolism
nt06010 Urea cycle
H00185 Citrullinemia
Saheki T, Kobayashi K, Iijima M, Horiuchi M, Begum L, Jalil MA, Li MX, Lu YB, Ushikai M, Tabata A, Moriyama M, Hsiao KJ, Yang Y
Title
Adult-onset type II citrullinemia and idiopathic neonatal hepatitis caused by citrin deficiency: involvement of the aspartate glutamate carrier for urea synthesis and maintenance of the urea cycle.