Lysosomal Storage Diseases 01

Topic: Adult

Created on Friday, February 16 2007 by jdmiles

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        A) Danon disease
 
        B) Infantile neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis
 
        C) Farber disease
 
        D) Aspartylglucosaminuria
 
        E) Sandhoff disease
 

 

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This question was created on February 16, 2007 by jdmiles.
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ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

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A) Danon disease

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Lysosomal associated membrane protein-2 (LAMP-2) is an enzyme which is deficient in Danon disease. This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at Xq24-25.  (See References)

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B) Infantile neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis

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Palmitoyl-protein thioesterase is an enzyme which is deficient in Infantile neuronal ceroid-lipofuscinosis. This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at 1p32.  (See References)

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C) Farber disease

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Acid ceramidase is an enzyme which is deficient in Farber disease. This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at 8p22-21.2.  (See References)

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D) Aspartylglucosaminuria

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Aspartylglucosamindase is an enzyme which is deficient in Aspartylglucosaminuria. This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at 4q34-35.  (See References)

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E) Sandhoff disease

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ß-Subunit ß-hexosaminidase is an enzyme which is deficient in Sandhoff disease. This deficiency is associated with a genetic defect at 5q13.  (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
Question ID: 02160701
Question written by J. Douglas Miles, (C) 2006-2009, all rights reserved.
Created: 02/16/2007
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