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. 1996 May;58(5):914–922.

Guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency: the first inborn error of creatine metabolism in man.

S Stöckler 1, D Isbrandt 1, F Hanefeld 1, B Schmidt 1, K von Figura 1
PMCID: PMC1914613  PMID: 8651275

Abstract

In two children with an accumulation of guanidinoacetate in brain and a deficiency of creatine in blood, a severe deficiency of guanidinoacetate methyltransferase (GAMT) activity was detected in the liver. Two mutant GAMT alleles were identified that carried a single base substitution within a 5' splice site or a 13-nt insertion and gave rise to four mutant transcripts. Three of the transcripts encode truncated polypeptides that lack a residue known to be critical for catalytic activity of GAMT. Deficiency of GAMT is the first inborn error of creatine metabolism. It causes a severe developmental delay and extrapyramidal symptoms in early infancy and is treatable by oral substitution with creatine.

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