Mitochondrial trifunctional protein deficiency

Mitochondrial trifunctional protein (TFP) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive disorder that is caused by mutations in HADHA and HADHB. TFP is a multienzyme complex of the fatty acid beta-oxidation cycle. Human TFP is an octamer composed of four alpha-subunits harboring long-chain enoyl-CoA hydratase and long-chain L-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase (LCHAD) and four beta-subunits encoding long-chain 3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase (LCKAT). This disease includes a lethal neonatal phenotype with cardiomyopathy and Reye-like syndrome, an infantile hepatic phenotype with recurrent hypoketotic hypoglycemia, and a childhood or adolescent-onset neuromyopathic phenotype with peripheral neuropathy and recurrent rhabdomyolysis.