Protein and ammino acid metabolism is the object of two modules (Modules 6 and 7). In Module 6, the catabolism of C-skeleton of different amino acids with different organic acidurias as a result of multiple enzymatic defects, the oxidative deamination of aminoacids with formation of ammonia and the ammonia detoxification through the urea cycle are discussed. Both the biochemical bases of these metabolic pathways and the pathological conditions associated with their deficits are described with a particular focus on hyperammonemia and urea cycle disorders.
Authors: François Eyskens, Laurence Roosens, Guillem Pintos-Morell, Andrea Bordugo
The Diagnostic, Clinical and Therapeutic Education Programme on Inherited Metabolic Disorders. Module 06: Proteins & aminoacids (I) made available on https://metab.ern-net.eu/education-programme/ and organized by MetabERN – European Reference Network for Hereditary Metabolic Disorders is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME® website have formally been accredited.
Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME® website have formally been accredited.
Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credits to AMA credits can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.
This Module has been awarded with 2 ECMEC® credits
