Other Names for this Disease
- Hyperglycinemia nonketotic
- Nonketotic hyperglycinemia
- Glycine synthase deficiency
- Non-ketotic hyperglycinemia
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amino acid called glycine. Glycine acts as a chemical messenger that transmits signals in the brain. Glycine encephalopathy is caused by the shortage of an enzyme that normally breaks down glycine in the body, thus allowing excess glycine to build up in tissues and organs, particularly the brain. Symptoms typically appear during infancy or early childhood and include a lack of energy (lethargy), feeding difficulties, weak muscle tone (hypotonia), abnormal jerking movements, breathing problems, seizures, and intellectual disability. It is caused by mutations in the AMT, GLDC or GCSH genes and is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner.Glycine encephalopathy is an inherited condition characterized by abnormally high levels of an
Last updated: 11/10/2011
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- Hamosh A, Scharer G, Van Hove J. Glycine encephalopathy. GeneReviews. November 2009; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1357/. Accessed 11/10/2011.
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