Acute neonatal presentation diagnosis

A second, cytosolic CPS activity (CPSII) occurs in mammals as part of the CAD trifunctional protein that catalyzes the first three steps of pyrimidine synthesis (CPSII, asparate tran-scarbamoylase, and dihydroorotase). The activities of these three enzymes—CPSII, aspartate transcarbamoylase, and dihydroorotase—result in the production of orotic acid from ammonium, bicarbonate, and ATP. CPSII has no role in ureagenesis, but orotic aciduria results from hepatocellular accumulation of carbamyl phosphate and helps distinguish CPSI deficiency from other UCDs. Defects in CPSI classically present with neonatal acute hyperammonemic encephalopathy. The plasma citrulline and urine orotic acid concentrations are both low. A definitive diagnosis can be established by enzyme assay of biopsied liver tissue or by mutation analysis. 

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