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By cloning and sequencing a very likely comparative candidate gene (based on the homologous disorder in humans and mice), Pierce et al. (2001) identified a causal mutation as a "a cytidine to adenine transversion at position 156 of the Glra1 gene (156C>A). The 156A allele is predicted to substitute a termination codon for a tyrosine codon (Y24*) in exon 2 . . . This substitution is predicted to result in a prematurely truncated protein that...

In the words of Charlier et al. (2008): "a missense mutation in exon 39 (A5804G) resulting in an H1935R substitution in the fourth extracellular loop". The His (normal) form of the peptide is conserved in all vertebrates sequenced to date. (FN 080330) Whole-genome sequencing of the affected Shorthorn calf described by O'Rourke et al. (2017), and subsequent checking for deleterious variants in functional candidate genes, enabled Woolley et al. ...

Maple Syrup Urine Disease (MSUD) is an autosomal recessive defect reported in Poll Hereford (PH) and Poll Shorthorn (PS) calves (Harper et al., 1986; Healy et al., 1992). The clinical, biochemical and pathological characters of the disease are identical in the two breeds of cattle, and are characterised by the rapid onset of progressive neurological disease, resulting in death within a few days of birth. The disease is caused by a deficiency o...