Phenotypes

Building on their 2009 mapping results, Buitkamp et al. (2011) showed that this disorder in Simmental cattle is due to a 2-bp deletion in the MOCS1 gene. This gene encodes two peptides (MOCS1A and MOCS1B) via consecutive open reading frames. These two peptides are involved in the synthesis of molybdenum cofactor (Moco), which is involved in the synthesis of sulphite oxidase, the gene for which (SUOX) is the site of the mutation for the same di...