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Synonyms

• OTC shortage
• ornithine carbamyltransferase shortage
• hyperammonemia as a result of ornithine transcarbamylase shortage

Disorder Neighborhoods

• None

General Discussion
Ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency is an uncommon X-linked genetic disorder identified by full or partial absence of the enzyme ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC). OTC is one of six enzymes that play a role in the break down and reduction of nitrogen the body, a process referred to as the urea cycle. The absence of the OTC enzyme results in too much accumulation of nitrogen, through ammonia (hyperammonemia), in the blood. Excess ammonia, which is a neurotoxin, travels to the central nervous system with the blood, resulting in the signs and symptoms as well as physical searchings for related to OTC deficiency. Symptoms include throwing up, refusal to eat, dynamic lethargy, and coma.