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.
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.
