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    Clin Chim Acta. 1992 Jun 15;208(1-2):85-91.

    Determination of (S)- and (R)-2-oxo-3-methylvaleric acid in plasma of patients with maple syrup urine disease.

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    Kinderklinik, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, FRG.

    Abstract

    An enzymatic method for the separate measurement of both chiral 2-oxo-3-methylvaleric acid (OMV) compounds, (S)- and (R)-OMV, by NADH-dependent enantioselective amination using leucine dehydrogenase in the presence of a NADH regenerating system is described. This method allows the quantitative determination of all branched-chain 2-oxo acids, simultaneously. In plasma samples from classical maple syrup urine disease patients under therapy the average (R)-OMV/(S)-OMV ratio was 0.35 and great differences in the transamination equilibria of the diastereomeric branched-chain amino acids L-isoleucine and L-alloisoleucine were demonstrated.

    PMID:
    1638756
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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