Galactose Epimerase Deficiency

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Incidence and onset information
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Description

Epimerase-deficiency galactosemia was originally described as a benign condition in which GALE impairment is restricted to circulating red and white blood cells (Gitzelmann, 1972). Fibroblasts, liver, phytohemagglutinin-stimulated leukocyes, and Epstein Barr virus-transformed lymphoblasts from these patients all demonstrated normal or near-normal levels of GALE, leading to the designation 'peripheral' (or 'isolated') epimerase deficiency. A second form of epimerase deficiency became apparent in which a patient, despite normal GALT activity, presented with symptoms reminiscent of classic galactosemia and demonstrated severely impaired GALE activity in both red blood cells and fibroblasts (Holton et al., 1981). This form was designated 'generalized' epimerase deficiency. Openo et al. (2006) demonstrated that epimerase deficiency is in fact not a binary condition but is, rather, a continuum disorder.GALE encodes the third enzyme in the Leloir pathway of galactose metabolism. Galactosemia I is classic galactosemia (OMIM ), caused by deficiency of the second enzyme in the Leloir pathway, galactose-1-phosphate uridylyl-transferase (GALT ). Galactosemia II (OMIM ) is caused by deficiency of the first enzyme in the Leloir pathway, galactokinase (GALK ).

Genes related to Galactose Epimerase Deficiency

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Clinical Features

Top most frequent phenotypes and symptoms related to Galactose Epimerase Deficiency

Intellectual disability
Global developmental delay
Generalized hypotonia
Hearing impairment
Growth delay
Failure to thrive
Sensorineural hearing impairment
Muscular hypotonia
Cataract
Feeding difficulties

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Incidence and onset information

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Alternative names

Galactose Epimerase Deficiency Is also known as udp-galactose-4-epimerase deficiency, gale deficiency, galactosemia iii.

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GALE Deletion/Duplication Analysis. By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States). GALE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
GALE Familial Mutation/Variant Analysis. By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States). GALE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
GALE Prenatal Sequence Analysis. By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States). GALE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
GALE Sequence & Deletion/Duplication Analysis. By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States). GALE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
GALE Sequence Analysis. By Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories (United States). GALE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
GALE. Complete sequencing. By Instituto de Medicina Genomica Instituto de Medicina Genomica (Spain). GALE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Galactosemia type III (sequence analysis of GALE gene). By CGC Genetics (Portugal). GALE Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %

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