MOCOS

Molybdenum cofactor sulfurase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MOCOS gene.[5][6]

MOCOS
Identifiers
AliasesMOCOS, HMCS, MCS, MOS, molybdenum cofactor sulfurase
External IDsOMIM: 613274 MGI: 1915841 HomoloGene: 9931 GeneCards: MOCOS
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 18 (human)[1]
Band18q12.2Start36,187,497 bp[1]
End36,272,157 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

55034

68591

Ensembl

ENSG00000075643

ENSMUSG00000039616

UniProt

Q96EN8

Q14CH1

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_017947

NM_026779

RefSeq (protein)

NP_060417

NP_081055

Location (UCSC)Chr 18: 36.19 – 36.27 MbChr 18: 24.65 – 24.7 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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MOCOS sulfurates the molybdenum cofactor of xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) and aldehyde oxidase (AOX1), which is required for their enzymatic activities.[5]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000075643 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039616 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Ichida K, Matsumura T, Sakuma R, Hosoya T, Nishino T (Apr 2001). "Mutation of human molybdenum cofactor sulfurase gene is responsible for classical xanthinuria type II". Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 282 (5): 1194–200. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.4719. PMID 11302742.
  6. "Entrez Gene: MOCOS molybdenum cofactor sulfurase".

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