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. 2020 Summer;14(3):19–32.

Table 5.

Neurometabolic disorders with hyperammonemia and the involved enzymes

Neurometabolic disorder Enzyme
Urea cycle defects Carbamyl phosphate synthetase (CPS) deficiency, Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency, Argininosuccinate synthetase (AS) deficiency, Argininosuccinate lyase (AL) deficiency, Arginase deficiency?, Nacetyl glutamate synthetase deficiency
Organic acidemias Propionic academia, Methylmalonic academia, Isovaleric academia, Beta-ketothiolase deficiency, Multiple carboxylase deficiency, Glutaric aciduria type II, 3-hydroxy -3-methylglutaric aciduria
Fatty acid oxidation disorders Long Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (LCAD)
Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency (MCAD)