Anticorpi CPS1

Involved in the urea cycle of ureotelic animals where the enzyme plays an important role in removing excess ammonia from the cell.

The mitochondrial enzyme encoded by this gene catalyzes synthesis of carbamoyl phosphate from ammonia and bicarbonate. This reaction is the first committed step of the urea cycle, which is important in the removal of excess urea from cells. The encoded protein may also represent a core mitochondrial nucleoid protein. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. The shortest isoform may not be localized to the mitochondrion. Mutations in this gene have been associated with carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency, susceptibility to persistent pulmonary hypertension, and susceptibility to venoocclusive disease after bone marrow transplantation.

Primarily in the liver and small intestine.

Carbamoyl phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency: An autosomal recessive disorder of the urea cycle causing hyperammonemia. It can present as a devastating metabolic disease dominated by severe hyperammonemia in neonates or as a more insidious late-onset condition, generally manifesting as life-threatening hyperammonemic crises under catabolic situations. Clinical features include protein intolerance, intermittent ataxia, seizures, lethargy, developmental delay and mental retardation.

Pulmonary hypertension, neonatal: A disease characterized by elevated pulmonary artery pressure. Pulmonary hypertension in the neonate is associated with multiple underlying problems such as respiratory distress syndrome, meconium aspiration syndrome, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, sepsis, or congenital heart disease.

Undergoes proteolytic cleavage in the C-terminal region corresponding to the loss of approximately 12 AA residues from the C-terminus.

Mitochondrion. Nucleus > Nucleolus.