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Lysosomal Storage Diseases 01

Topic: Adult

Created on Friday, February 16 2007 by jdmiles

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There is a deficiency in the expression or activity of ß-d-galactosidase in which of the following disorders?

 
        A) Sanfilippo disease type B
 
        B) Hunter syndrome
 
        C) Morquio syndrome type A
 
        D) Sialuria
 
        E) Morquio syndrome type B
 

 


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A) Sanfilippo disease type B

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A-N-acetylglucosamindase is an enzyme which is deficient in MPS IIIB (Sanfilippo disease type B). This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at 17q21.1.  (See References)

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B) Hunter syndrome

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Iduronate-2-sulphatase is an enzyme which is deficient in MPS II (Hunter syndrome). This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at Xq27.3-28.  (See References)

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C) Morquio syndrome type A

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Galactosamine-6-sulphatase is an enzyme which is deficient in MPS IVA (Morquio syndrome type A). This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at 16q24.3.  (See References)

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D) Sialuria

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Sialin is an enzyme which is deficient in Infantile free sialic acid storage disase (Sialuria). This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at 6q14-15.  (See References)

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E) Morquio syndrome type B

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ß-d-galactosidase is an enzyme which is deficient in MPS IVB (Morquio syndrome type B). This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at 3p21.33.  (See References)

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References:

1. Pastores, G.M., and Kolodny, E.H. (2004). Inborn errors of metabolism of the nervous system. In Bradley, W.G., Daroff, R.B., Fenichel, G.M., and Jankovic, J. (Eds.). Neurology in Clinical Practice, 4th Edition. Butterworth Heinemann, Philadelphia. Pp. 1811-1832.
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Lysosomal Storage Diseases 01
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