beta-aminoisobutyric acid excretion
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beta-aminoisobutyric acid excretion, also called BAIB excretion, a metabolic process under simple genetic control in human beings and the higher primates, the significance of which is not fully understood. Beta-aminoisobutyric acid (BAIB), an amino acid end product of pyrimidine metabolism, is excreted in trace quantities into the urine in almost all human beings, but the excretion of relatively large quantities of BAIB appears to be the result of a simple autosomal recessive allele. Although excretion of amino acids in the urine is frequently a symptom of a metabolic disorder, often genetic in nature, the excretion of high levels of BAIB ...(100 of 220 words)