MOCOS

Molybdenum cofactor sulfurase
Identifiers
SymbolsMOCOS ; HMCS; MCS; MOS
External IDsOMIM: 613274 MGI: 1915841 HomoloGene: 9931 GeneCards: MOCOS Gene
EC number2.8.1.9
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez5503468591
EnsemblENSG00000075643ENSMUSG00000039616
UniProtQ96EN8Q14CH1
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_017947NM_026779
RefSeq (protein)NP_060417NP_081055
Location (UCSC)Chr 18:
33.77 – 33.85 Mb
Chr 18:
24.65 – 24.7 Mb
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Molybdenum cofactor sulfurase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MOCOS gene.[1][2]

MOCOS sulfurates the molybdenum cofactor of xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) and aldehyde oxidase (AOX1), which is required for their enzymatic activities.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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.
  2. "Entrez Gene: MOCOS molybdenum cofactor sulfurase".

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