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Ljubica Caldovic

Associate Professor of Genomics and Precision Medicine, Children's National Medical …
Verified email at childrensnational.org
Cited by 2508

N-acetylglutamate and its changing role through evolution

L Caldovic, M Tuchman - Biochemical Journal, 2003 - portlandpress.com
… coli [1,2], and the enzymic activity that acetylates L-glutamate using acetyl-CoA (AcCoA) was
found in … that a derivative of L-glutamic acid is required for the biosynthesis of L-citrulline in …

Genotype–phenotype correlations in ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: a mutation update

L Caldovic, I Abdikarim, S Narain, M Tuchman… - Journal of Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
… /L and 40–120 U/L were considered mildly elevated in females and males, respectively.
Plasma ALT activities of 105–175 U/L and 120–200 U/L … and 200 U/L were considered severely …

[HTML][HTML] Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency

U Lichter-Konecki, L Caldovic, H Morizono, K Simpson… - 2022 - europepmc.org
… The mainstays of treatment of the acute phase are rapid lowering of the plasma ammonia
level to ≤200 μmol/L (if necessary, with renal replacement therapy); use of ammonia …

[PDF][PDF] A de novo mutation in the β-tubulin gene TUBB4A results in the leukoencephalopathy hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum

C Simons, NI Wolf, N McNeil, L Caldovic… - The American Journal of …, 2013 - cell.com
Hypomyelination with atrophy of the basal ganglia and cerebellum (H-ABC) is a rare hereditary
leukoencephalopathy that was originally identified by MRI pattern analysis, and it has …

Whole exome sequencing in patients with white matter abnormalities

…, K Ru, GJ Baillie, SM Grimmond, L Caldovic… - Annals of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Here we report whole exome sequencing (WES) on a cohort of 71 patients with persistently
unresolved white matter abnormalities with a suspected diagnosis of leukodystrophy or …

[HTML][HTML] The urine microbiome of healthy men and women differs by urine collection method

…, BM Sprague, N Chandal, L Caldovic… - International …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose Compared to the microbiome of other body sites, the urinary microbiome remains
poorly understood. Although noninvasive voided urine specimens are convenient, …

[HTML][HTML] N-carbamylglutamate markedly enhances ureagenesis in N-acetylglutamate deficiency and propionic acidemia as measured by isotopic incorporation and …

M Tuchman, L Caldovic, Y Daikhin, O Horyn… - Pediatric …, 2008 - nature.com
… The diagnosis of propionic acidemia was established by urine organic acid analysis and
therapy was instituted with a special formula, l-carnitine and biotin. The addition of sodium-…

Redefining healthy urine: a cross-sectional exploratory metagenomic study of people with and without bladder dysfunction

SL Groah, M Pérez-Losada, L Caldovic… - The Journal of …, 2016 - auajournals.org
Purpose : We used the PathoScope platform to perform species level analyses of publicly
available, 16S rRNA pyrosequenced, asymptomatic urine data to determine relationships …

The functional impact of 1,570 individual amino acid substitutions in human OTC

…, A Sirr, JN Kutz, H Morizono, L Caldovic… - The American Journal of …, 2023 - cell.com
Deleterious mutations in the X-linked gene encoding ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC)
cause the most common urea cycle disorder, OTC deficiency. This rare but highly actionable …

N-acetylglutamate synthase: structure, function and defects

L Caldovic, NA Mew, D Shi, H Morizono… - Molecular genetics and …, 2010 - Elsevier
… This implies that either NAGS in the vertebrate group uses different residues for l-glutamate
binding or that the l-glutamate binding site is in a different location. The possibility for a …