Description : The imino acids, proline and hydroxyproline, share a renal tubular reabsorptive mechanism
with glycine. Iminoglycinuria (IG), a benign inborn error of amino acid transport,
is also a normal finding in neonates and infants under 6 months of age (Chesney, 2001).
Early studies of families with iminoglycinuria suggested genetic complexity, with
homozygotes developing IG and heterozygotes manifesting only hyperglycinuria (HG;
138500) (summary by Broer et al., 2008). Iminoglycinuria may be more frequent in Ashkenazim
than in others (Tancredi et al., 1970). Iminoglycinuria also occurs as part of the
generalized amino aciduria of the Fanconi renotubular syndrome (134600).;
Molecular basis : Caused by homozygous mutations in the SLC36A2 gene (608331.0001) combined with heterozygous
mutation in the SLC6A20 gene (605616.0001) and SLC6A19 (608893.0005) genes;