Biomaterial Database

Medium chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency. 1992

M J Bennett, and D E Hale

Metabolic Disease Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75246.

Medium chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD) was the first metabolic disorder found to be associated with sudden infant death syndrome. This review covers recent advances in the biochemical and molecular understanding of MCADD.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008052	Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors	Errors in the metabolism of LIPIDS resulting from inborn genetic MUTATIONS that are heritable.	Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Error
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013398	Sudden Infant Death	The abrupt and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant under one year of age, remaining unexplained after a thorough case investigation, including performance of a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and review of the clinical history. (Pediatr Pathol 1991 Sep-Oct;11(5):677-84)	Cot Death,Crib Death,SIDS,Death, Sudden Infant,SID,Sudden Infant Death Syndrome,Cot Deaths,Death, Cot,Death, Crib,Infant Death, Sudden
D042964	Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase	A flavoprotein oxidoreductase that has specificity for medium-chain fatty acids. It forms a complex with ELECTRON TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEINS and conveys reducing equivalents to UBIQUINONE.	Acyl-coenzyme A Dehydrogenase,Fatty-acyl CoA Dehydrogenase,MCACA-Dehydrogenase,Medium Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase,Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase,Medium-Chain Acyl-Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase,Octanoyl-CoA Dehydrogenase,Palmitoyl-CoA Dehydrogenase,Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase,Acyl coenzyme A Dehydrogenase,Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase, Medium-Chain,CoA Dehydrogenase, Fatty-acyl,Dehydrogenase, Acyl-CoA,Dehydrogenase, Acyl-coenzyme A,Dehydrogenase, Fatty-acyl CoA,Dehydrogenase, Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA,Dehydrogenase, Octanoyl-CoA,Dehydrogenase, Palmitoyl-CoA,Fatty acyl CoA Dehydrogenase,MCACA Dehydrogenase,Medium Chain Acyl CoA Dehydrogenase,Medium Chain Acyl Coenzyme A Dehydrogenase,Octanoyl CoA Dehydrogenase,Palmitoyl CoA Dehydrogenase
D044943	Fatty Acid Desaturases	A family of enzymes that catalyze the stereoselective, regioselective, or chemoselective syn-dehydrogenation reactions. They function by a mechanism that is linked directly to reduction of molecular OXYGEN.	Acyl CoA Desaturase,Enoyl CoA Reductase,Fatty Acid Desaturase,Fatty Acid Desaturating Enzymes,Acyl CoA Desaturases,Enoyl CoA Reductases,Acid Desaturase, Fatty,CoA Desaturase, Acyl,CoA Reductase, Enoyl,Desaturase, Acyl CoA,Desaturase, Fatty Acid,Desaturases, Fatty Acid,Reductase, Enoyl CoA,Reductases, Enoyl CoA