UNDERSTAND WHAT ALCAPTONURIA IS AND HOW TO IDENTIFY - RARE DESEASES

Alcaptonuria: What It Is, Symptoms and How Treatment Is Done



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Alkaptonuria, also called ochronosis, is a rare disease characterized by an error in the metabolism of the amino acids phenylalanine and tyrosine due to a small mutation in the DNA. This disease occurs due to lack of an enzyme, the homogentisate dioxygenase or homogentisate oxygenase, which leads to the accumulation of homogentisic acid, which is an intermediate compound of the metabolism of these amino acids and which under normal conditions is not detectable in the blood