Orotic aciduria is an inherited metabolic disease in which orotic acid (orotate) accumulates in the tissues, blood, and urine. The metabolic pathway in which the enzyme defect occurs is:
A) epinephrine synthesis.
B) purine breakdown.
C) purine synthesis.
D) pyrimidine breakdown.
E) pyrimidine synthesis.
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