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What is Pentosuria is due to defect in which pathway? and explain in detail?
Essential Pentosuria i. It is one of the members of the Garrod&;s tetrad. The incidence is 1 in 2,500 bihs. ii.It is an inborn error of metabolism, due to defect in glucuronic acid pathway of glucose. In the pathway, L-xylulose is conveed to D-xylulose by two enzymes, xylitol dehydrogenase and xylulose reductase absence of any of this enzyme lead to pentosuria.Ref: DM Vasudevan, 7th edition, page no: 134