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. 1974 Jun;71(6):2505-9.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.6.2505.

Glutathione synthetase deficiency, an inborn error of metabolism involving the gamma-glutamyl cycle in patients with 5-oxoprolinuria (pyroglutamic aciduria)

V P Wellner, R Sekura, A Meister, A Larsson

Glutathione synthetase deficiency, an inborn error of metabolism involving the gamma-glutamyl cycle in patients with 5-oxoprolinuria (pyroglutamic aciduria)

V P Wellner et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1974 Jun.

Abstract

Enzyme studies on placenta, cultured skin fibroblasts, and erythrocytes from two sisters with the inborn error 5-oxoprolinuria (pyroglutamic aciduria) indicate that the metabolic lesion in this disease is at the glutathione synthetase (EC 6.3.2.3) step of the gamma-glutamyl cycle. Excessive urinary excretion of 5-oxoproline by these patients appears to be associated with increased synthesis of gamma-glutamyl-cysteine and formation of 5-oxoproline from this dipeptide. Thus, 5-oxoproline is produced in amounts that exceed the normal capacity of 5-oxoprolinase to convert it to glutamate. The data indicate that it may be possible to identify individuals who are heterozygous for this trait by determinations of erythrocyte glutathione synthetase.

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