pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency
Findings
No curated finding names pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency is the most frequent form of pyruvate dehydrogenase deficiency (PDHD) characterized by variable lactic acidosis, impaired psychomotor development, hypotonia and neurological dysfunction.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0010717), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
- Inheritance
- X-linked dominant inheritance
- Onset and course
- Infantile onset · Neonatal onset
HPO, annotations 2026-09-02
Features
70 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Cerebral palsyHPOHP:0100021
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- ClumsinessHPOHP:0002312
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Decreased activity of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complexHPOHP:0002928
- 2 of 2 reported patients
- Delayed ability to sitHPOHP:0025336
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Focal T2 hyperintense basal ganglia lesionHPOHP:0007183
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- HyperreflexiaHPOHP:0001347
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Increased circulating lactate concentrationHPO
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- Lower limb hypertoniaHPOHP:0006895
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Metabolic acidosisHPOHP:0001942
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Motor deteriorationHPOHP:0002333
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- MyoclonusHPOHP:0001336
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- Respiratory failureHPOHP:0002878
- 1 of 1 reported patient
- TremorHPOHP:0001337
- 2 of 2 reported patients
Genes
3 genes
Germline variants in the gene encoding each protein, as classified by GenCC submitters, each in their own words. Limited, disputed and refuted submissions are listed too.
- PDHA1HGNC:8806
- Definitive · G2P · X-linked · 2015
- Definitive · Natera · X-linked · 2023
- Strong · Ambry Genetics · Autosomal recessive · 2018
- Strong · Genomics England PanelApp · X-linked · 2020
- Strong · Labcorp Genetics (formerly Invitae) · X-linked · 2022
- Strong · PanelApp Australia · X-linked · 2025
- Supportive · Orphanet · X-linked · 2021
- LONP1HGNC:9479
- Supportive · Orphanet · X-linked · 2021
- DLSTHGNC:2911
- No Known Disease Relationship · Illumina · Autosomal recessive · 2023
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: pyruvate dehydrogenase E1-alpha deficiency
- Also called
- PDHADpyruvate dehydrogenase complex E1 component subunit alpha deficiencypyruvate dehydrogenase e1-alpha deficiency, X-linked dominant