OMIA:001593-9913 : Scurs, type 2 in Bos taurus (taurine cattle)

Categories: Craniofacial phene

Possibly relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s)s (MIM numbers): 101400 (trait) , 601622 (gene)

Links to MONDO diseases: No links.

Mendelian trait/disorder: yes

Mode of inheritance: Autosomal dominant

Considered a defect: no

Key variant known: yes

Year key variant first reported: 2011

Cross-species summary: Scurs are horn-like appendages. In contrast to horns, scurs are not attached to the skull.

Species-specific symbol: T2SS

History: Capitan et al. (2011) were the first to describe this trait, in the Charolais breed. It is characterised by a typical scurs phenotype plus skull interfrontal suture synostosis.

Mapping: Capitan et al. (2011) mapped this trait in Charolais cattle to a 1.7Mb region of chromosome BTA4.

Molecular basis: By sequencing a strong positional candidate gene, namely TWIST1, Capitan et al. (2011) identified a small duplication (c.148_157dup (p.A56RfsX87)) that inactivates the gene. This frameshift mutation segregates perfectly with type 2 scurs.

Genetic engineering: Unknown
Have human generated variants been created, e.g. through genetic engineering and gene editing

Breed: Charolais (Cattle) (VBO_0000177).
Breeds in which the phene has been documented. For breeds in which a likely causal variant has been documented, see the variant table below

Associated gene:

Symbol Description Species Chr Location OMIA gene details page Other Links
TWIST1 twist family bHLH transcription factor 1 Bos taurus 4 NC_037331.1 (27819874..27817880) TWIST1 Homologene, Ensembl , NCBI gene

Variants

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WARNING! Inclusion of a variant in this table does not automatically mean that it should be used for DNA testing. Anyone contemplating the use of any of these variants for DNA testing should examine critically the relevant evidence (especially in breeds other than the breed in which the variant was first described). If it is decided to proceed, the location and orientation of the variant sequence should be checked very carefully.

Since October 2021, OMIA includes a semiautomated lift-over pipeline to facilitate updates of genomic positions to a recent reference genome position. These changes to genomic positions are not always reflected in the ‘acknowledgements’ or ‘verbal description’ fields in this table.

OMIA Variant ID Breed(s) Variant Phenotype Gene Allele Type of Variant Source of Genetic Variant Reference Sequence Chr. g. or m. c. or n. p. Verbal Description EVA ID Inferred EVA rsID Year Published PubMed ID(s) Acknowledgements
594 Charolais (Cattle) Scurs, type 2 TWIST1 duplication Naturally occurring variant ARS-UCD1.2 4 g.27819577_27819586dup c.148_157dup p.(A56Rfs*87) c.DNA position based on NM_001191145.1 2011 21814570 Some variant information kindly provided or confirmed by Hubert Pausch, including information from Additional Table 6 of Jansen et al. (2013) BMC Genomics201314:446 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-446.

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2023). OMIA:001593-9913: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

References

Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.

2022 Grohs, C., Boussaha, M., Hozé, C., Capitan, A. :
Rare cases of hernia of the linea alba among TWIST1 haploinsufficient Charolais cattle. Anim Genet 53:239-241, 2022. Pubmed reference: 35187669. DOI: 10.1111/age.13179.
2021 He, X.H., Jiang, L., Pu, Y.B., Zhao, Q.J., Ma, Y.H. :
Progress on genetic mapping and genetic mechanism of cattle and sheep horns. Yi Chuan 43:40-51, 2021. Pubmed reference: 33509773. DOI: 10.16288/j.yczz.20-229.
2011 Capitan, A., Grohs, C., Weiss, B., Rossignol, M.N., Reversé, P., Eggen, A. :
A newly described bovine type 2 scurs syndrome segregates with a frame-shift mutation in TWIST1. PLoS One 6:e22242, 2011. Pubmed reference: 21814570. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022242.

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