Hartnup disorder

Definition:

Hartnup disorder is an autosomal recessive defect of neutral amino acid transport in kidney and intestine accompanied by the symptoms including pellagra-like photo-sensitive skin rash, cerebellar ataxia, and renal aminoaciduria. It is caused by hereditary abnormalities in the neutral amino acid transporter B0AT1 (SLC6A19) in apical membrane.

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