- hyper-β-alaninemia
- Elevated levels of β-alanine in the serum; believed to be due to a deficiency of β-alanine:pyruvate aminotransferase; leads to impaired CNS function.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
hyper-β-alaninemia
Look at other dictionaries:
hyper-β-alaninemia — hy·per β al·a·nin·emia (hi″pər ba″tə al″ə nĭ neґme ə) a rare disorder of β alanine metabolism, possibly an autosomal recessive trait, due to deficiency of β alanine–α ketoglutarate… … Medical dictionary
β-alaninemia — β al·a·nin·emia (al″ə nēn eґme ə) hyper β alaninemia … Medical dictionary
β-alanine-pyruvate aminotransferase — An enzyme that reversibly transfers the amino group of β alanine to pyruvate, thus producing l alanine and malonate semialdehyde. A deficiency of this enzyme is believed to be the cause of hyper β alaninemia … Medical dictionary
malonate semialdehyde — The transaminated product of β alanine; elevated in hyper β alaninemia … Medical dictionary
taurine — 1. An aminosulfonic acid, synthesized from l cysteine and used in a number of roles, including in the synthesis of certain bile salts. 2. Of or pertaining to a bull. [L. taurinus, of bulls, fr. taurus, bull, + suffix inus, pertaining to] * * *… … Medical dictionary
β-alanine–α-ketoglutarate transaminase — β al·a·nine–α ke·to·glu·ta·rate trans·am·i·nase (alґə nēn ke″to glooґtə rāt trans amґĭ nās) an enzyme activity that transfers the amino group from β alanine to α ketoglutarate, forming… … Medical dictionary
