Chapter 8: 1.1 - Phenylalanine-Tyrosine Disorder Flashcards
Phenylketonuria:
enzyme not inherited
(PAH) phenylalanine hydroxylase
where is PAH produced
liver
other name for phenylketonuria
phenylpyruvic oligophrenia
- severe mental retardation
- mousy odor
- light skin and hair
- microencephally
PKU
Test for PKU (6)
- newborn screening
- Guthrie Test
- Automated Technique
- Ferric Chloride
- Phenistix
- HPLC
PKU:
most well known
-positive: bacterial culture
Guthrie test
PKU:
positive for Ferric Chloride Test
blue-green
PKU:
Phenistix (+)
Blue-gray to green-gray
PKU:
reference method
HPLC
- classification of tyrosinemia (3)
a. transitory tyrosinemia
b. acquired tyrosinemia
c. hereditary tyrosinemia
Manifestation:
-rancid odor.
Tyrosinuria
Type 1 tyrosenemia
Tyrosinosis
- renal tubular disorder
- progressive liver failure in infants soon after birth
- rickets
- acute intermittent porphyria-like
- aminoaciduria
Type 1 Tyrosenemia
Type 2 tyrosinemia
Richner-Hanhart syndrome
- corneal erosion and lesions on the palms, fingers, and soles
- mental retardation
Type 2 tyrosinemia
Tyrosinuria Tests: (4)
- Nitrosonaphthol Test
- Millon’s Test
- Ferric Chloride test
- Phenistix
Tyrosinuria Tests:
Nitrosonapthol color
-specificity
orange-red
nonspecific
Tyrosinuria Tests:
Millon’s Test
Color
reagent
red precipitate
Mercury in conc. HNO3
Tyrosinuria Tests:
Ferric Chloride
color
transient green
Tyrosinuria Tests:
Phenistix
color
transient green
-the second pathway for tyrosine is responsible for the production of..
- melanine
- thyroxine
- epinephrine
- protein
- tyroxine sulfate
Confirmatory test for Tryosinuria
2
chromatography
quantitative serum assay of tyrosine
- produces darkening of urine after exposure to air
Melanuria
Melanuria tests:
Ferric chloride
color
gray or black precipitate