MOCOS

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MOCOS
Identifiers
Aliases MOCOS , hMCS, MCS, MOS, molybdenum cofactor sulfurase
External IDs OMIM: 613274; MGI: 1915841; HomoloGene: 9931; GeneCards: MOCOS; OMA:MOCOS - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_017947

NM_026779

RefSeq (protein)

NP_060417

NP_081055

Location (UCSC) Chr 18: 36.19 – 36.27 Mb Chr 18: 24.79 – 24.83 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Molybdenum cofactor sulfurase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MOCOS gene. [5] [6]

MOCOS sulfurates the molybdenum cofactor of xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) and aldehyde oxidase (AOX1), which is required for their enzymatic activities. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000075643 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 Ichida K, Matsumura T, Sakuma R, Hosoya T, Nishino T (April 2001). "Mutation of human molybdenum cofactor sulfurase gene is responsible for classical xanthinuria type II". Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 282 (5): 1194–200. Bibcode:2001BBRC..282.1194I. doi:10.1006/bbrc.2001.4719. PMID   11302742.
  6. "Entrez Gene: MOCOS molybdenum cofactor sulfurase".

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