A 2-Week-Old Infant Presents with Vomiting, Lethargy, and Convulsions Without

question 8

Multiple Choice

A 2-week-old infant presents with vomiting, lethargy, and convulsions without evidence of an infectious process.Laboratory examination reveals hyperammonemia without acidosis.The diagnosis is a hereditary deficiency of N-acetylglutamate synthetase.N-acetylglutamate is an allosteric activator of:

• A)Arginase.
• B)Carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase I.
• C)Arginosuccinate lyase.
• D)Ornithine transcarbamoylase.
• E)Arginosuccinate synthetase.

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