D-Glyceric acidemia

D-Glyceric acidemia
Classification and external resources
OMIM	220120

D-Glyceric Acidemia (a.k.a. D-Glyceric Aciduria) is an inherited disease, in the category of inborn errors of metabolism. It is caused by a mutation in the gene GLYCTK, which encodes for the enzyme glycerate kinase.

Pathophysiology

Glycerate kinase is an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of D-glyceric acid (a.k.a. D-glycerate) to 2-phosphoglycerate. This conversion is an intermediary reaction found in several metabolic pathways, including the degradation (break-down; catabolism) of serine,^[1] as well as the breakdown of fructose.^[2]

A deficiency in glycerate kinase activity leads to the accumulation of D-glyceric acid (a.k.a. D-glycerate) in bodily fluids and tissues.^[3] D-glyceric acid can be measured in a laboratory that performs "analyte testing" for "organic acids" in blood (plasma) and urine.^[4]

Symptoms of the disease (in its most severe form) include progressive neurological impairment, mental/motor retardation, hypotonia, seizures, failure to thrive and metabolic acidosis.^[5]

Related conditions

NOTE: D-Glyceric Acidemia should not be confused with L-Glyceric Acidemia (a.k.a. L-glyceric aciduria, a.k.a. primary hyperoxaluria type II ), which is associated with mutations in the GRHPR (encoding for the enzyme 'glyoxylate reductase/hydroxypyruvate reductase').^[6]^[7]

References

External links

Information regarding D-Glyceric Acidemia and other inherited disorders is constantly changing, with new advances in the understanding of disease mechanisms. For the most up-to-date information on this disorder, the following sites are updated on a fairly regular basis:

Genetics Home Reference (National Library of Medicine) (information on D-glyceric acidemia and the GLYCTK gene)
OMIM (information on GLYCTK gene, encoding Glycerate Kinase)
GeneTests (information on genetic testing for D-Glyceric Acidemia)

Inborn error of amino acid metabolism (E70–E72, 270)

K→acetyl-CoA

Lysine/straight chain	Glutaric acidemia type 1 type 2 Hyperlysinemia Pipecolic acidemia Saccharopinuria

Leucine	3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA lyase deficiency 3-Methylcrotonyl-CoA carboxylase deficiency 3-Methylglutaconic aciduria 1 Isovaleric acidemia Maple syrup urine disease

Tryptophan	Hypertryptophanemia

G→pyruvate→citrate

Glycine	D-Glyceric acidemia Glutathione synthetase deficiency Sarcosinemia Glycine→Creatine: GAMT deficiency Glycine encephalopathy

G→glutamate→
α-ketoglutarate

Histidine	Carnosinemia Histidinemia Urocanic aciduria

Proline	Hyperprolinemia Prolidase deficiency

Glutamate/glutamine	SSADHD

G→propionyl-CoA→
succinyl-CoA

Valine	Hypervalinemia Isobutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency Maple syrup urine disease

Isoleucine	2-Methylbutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency Beta-ketothiolase deficiency Maple syrup urine disease

Methionine	Cystathioninuria Homocystinuria Hypermethioninemia

General BC/OA	Methylmalonic acidemia Methylmalonyl-CoA mutase deficiency Propionic acidemia

G→fumarate

Phenylalanine/tyrosine

Phenylketonuria	6-Pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase deficiency Tetrahydrobiopterin deficiency

Tyrosinemia	Alkaptonuria/Ochronosis Type I tyrosinemia Type II tyrosinemia Type III tyrosinemia/Hawkinsinuria

Tyrosine→Melanin	Albinism: Ocular albinism (1) Oculocutaneous albinism (Hermansky–Pudlak syndrome) Waardenburg syndrome

Tyrosine→Norepinephrine	Dopamine beta hydroxylase deficiency reverse: Brunner syndrome

G→oxaloacetate

Urea cycle/Hyperammonemia (arginine aspartate)	Argininemia Argininosuccinic aciduria Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase I deficiency Citrullinemia N-Acetylglutamate synthase deficiency Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency/translocase deficiency

Transport/
IE of RTT

Other

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