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Hyperphenylalaninemia Due to DHPR-Deficiency
Homo sapiens
Disease Pathway
Created: 2013-08-29
Last Updated: 2022-11-01
Hyperphenylalaninemia due to dihydropteridine reductase deficiency (DHPR) is the high presence of phenylalanine in the system/blood caused by a genetic mutation. More specificially, mutations in the QDPR gene are the root cause of the condition. One observes that such a mutation results in an error encoding a reductase enzyme, and from there a chain reaction of effects lead to the observed effects of the disease. The mutation is autosomal recessive.
When tetrahydrobiopterin levels drop, the breakdown of many several amino acids, such as phenylalanine, is reduced and as a result their levels in the blood augment.
Symptoms of hyperphenylalaninemia due to dihydropteridine reductase deficiency include: dysphagia, global development delay, microcephaly, and intellectual disability (among others). Treatment consists of BH4 supplements as well as other medical treatments.
References
Hyperphenylalaninemia Due to DHPR-Deficiency References
[Metagen: HYPERPHENYLALANINEMIA DUE TO DHPR-DEFICIENCY](http://metagene.de/program/d.prg?id_d=133)
[OMIM: 261630](http://omim.org/entry/261630})
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