Mociu (Hungarian: Mócs) is a commune in Cluj County, Romania. It is composed of nine villages: Boteni (Botháza), Chesău (Mezőkeszü), Crişeni (Tótháza), Falca (Falka), Ghirişu Român (Mezőgyéres), Mociu, Roşieni (Bárányvölgy), Turmaşi (Tormásdűlő) and Zorenii de Vale.
According to the census from 2002 there was a total population of 3,494 people living in this commune. Of this population, 74.09% are ethnic Romanians, 17.02% are ethnic Hungarians and 8.84% ethnic Romani.
Molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MOCS1 gene.
Both copies of this gene are defective in patients with molybdenum cofactor deficiency, type A.
Molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis is a conserved pathway leading to the biological activation of molybdenum. The protein encoded by this gene is involved in molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis. (This gene was originally thought to produce a bicistronic mRNA with the potential to produce two proteins (MOCS1A and MOCS1B) from adjacent open reading frames. However, only the first open reading frame (MOCS1A) has been found to encode a protein from the putative bicistronic mRNA.) Two of the splice variants found for this gene express proteins (MOCS1A-MOCS1B) that result from a fusion between the two open reading frames.
Adenylyltransferase and sulfurtransferase MOCS3 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MOCS3 gene.
Molybdenum cofactor (MoCo) is necessary for the function of all molybdoenzymes. One of the enzymes required for the biosynthesis of MoCo is molybdopterin synthase (MPT synthase). The protein encoded by this gene adenylates and activates MPT synthase. This gene contains no introns. A pseudogene of this gene is present on chromosome 14.