Pentosuria

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Pentosuria
Classification and external resources
Xylulose
ICD-10	E74.8
ICD-9	271.8
OMIM	260800
DiseasesDB	9816

Pentosuria is a condition where xylulose (a pentose) presents in the urine in unusually high concentrations.

It is associated with a deficiency of L-xylulose reductase. l-xylulose is a reducing sugar so it may give false diagnosis of diabetes as it is found in high concentrations in urine

v • d • e Inborn error of carbohydrate metabolism: monosaccharide metabolism disorders (including glycogen storage diseases) (E73-74, 271) Sucrose, transport (extracellular) Disaccharide catabolism Lactose intolerance · Sucrose intolerance Monosaccharide transport Glucose-galactose malabsorption · Inborn errors of renal tubular transport (Renal glycosuria) · Fructose malabsorption Hexose → glucose Monosaccharide catabolism fructose: Essential fructosuria · Fructose intolerance galactose/galactosemia : GALK deficiency · GALT deficiency/GALE deficiency Glucose ⇄ glycogen Glycogenesis GSD type 0, glycogen synthase · GSD type IV, Andersen's, branching Glycogenolysis extralysosomal: GSD type V, McArdle, muscle glycogen phosphorylase/GSD type VI, Hers', liver glycogen phosphorylase · GSD type III, Cori's, debranching lysosomal/LSD: GSD type II, Pompe's, glucosidase Glucose ⇄ CAC Glycolysis MODY 2 · GSD type VII, Tarui's, phosphofructokinase · Triosephosphate isomerase deficiency · Pyruvate kinase deficiency Pyruvate catabolism PDHA · Fumarase deficiency Gluconeogenesis PCD · Fructose bisphosphatase deficiency · GSD type I, von Gierke, glucose 6-phosphatase Pentose phosphate pathway Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency · Pentosuria Other Hyperoxaluria (Primary hyperoxaluria) see also fructose and galactose metabolism enzymes, intermediates; see also glycolysis enzymes, intermediates see also glycogenesis and glycogenolysis enzymes, intermediates; see also pentose phosphate pathway enzymes, intermediates

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