Disorders of mitochondrial fatty-acid oxidation [DS:H00525] Secondary hyperammonemia [DS:H01400] Mitochondrial disease [DS:H01427] Disorders of carnitine transport and the carnitine cycle [DS:H02596]
Description
Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase (CACT) is located in the inner mitochondrial membrane and operates a carnitine-acylcarnitine exchange across this membrane. It is one of the key enzymes for transporting long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria. CACT deficiency is clinically characterized by life-threatening non-ketotic hypoglycemia and rhabdomyolysis.
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
5C52 Inborn errors of lipid metabolism
H01983 Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Lipid/glycolipid metabolism
nt06020 beta-Oxidation in mitochondria
H01983 Carnitine-acylcarnitine translocase deficiency