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. 1972 Feb;126(4):1035–1037. doi: 10.1042/bj1261035

Tiglicaciduria in propionicacidaemia

William L Nyhan 1, Toshiyuki Ando 1, Karsten Rasmussen 1, William Wadlington 1, Anthony W Kilroy 1, Dennis Cottom 1, David Hull 1
PMCID: PMC1178511  PMID: 5073234

Abstract

Tiglic acid, which has not previously been found in human body fluids, was recently detected in the urine of two patients with propionicacidaemia. These patients had a documented defect in the oxidation of propionate. A competition between acrylyl-CoA and tiglyl-CoA for crotonase could explain the accumulation of tiglic acid.

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