DISEASE: Hyperglycinemia, lactic acidosis, and seizures
Entry
H02438 Disease
Name
Hyperglycinemia, lactic acidosis, and seizures
Description
Hyperglycinemia, lactic acidosis, and seizures (HGCLAS) is characterized by neonatal-onset epilepsy, muscular hypotonia, lactic acidosis, and elevated glycine concentration in plasma and urine. Mutations in the lipoate synthase gene (LIAS) have been identified in patients with HGCLAS. LIAS is essential in the maturation of lipoic acid which acts as cofactor for mitochondrial enzymes.
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
5C53 Inborn errors of energy metabolism
H02438 Hyperglycinemia, lactic acidosis, and seizures
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Cofactor/vitamin metabolism
nt06032 Lipoic acid metabolism
H02438 Hyperglycinemia, lactic acidosis, and seizures