Definition:

Defects in the pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) complex is a major cause of primary lactic acidosis and neurological dysfunction in infancy. Recently, mutations in DLAT, the gene encoding dihydrolipoamide acetyltransferase, the E2 core component of the complex, have been described. Patients are less severely affected than typical patients with E1 mutations. Episodic dystonia was the major neurological manifestation.