Genetic effects on male mouse kidney glucuronidase activity

Kidney beta-glucuronidase activity in C57BL/K1 and DBA/2/K1 male mice differes about tenfold, C57 giving low and DBA high values. Another C57 subline, C57BL/6J, has slightly higher activity than C57BL/K1. There is an association between the kidney glucuronidase activity and coat color determined by the buff locus, which indicates that part of the variation is due to differences at the Gur locus. The bf allele per se raises the activity of the enzyme. The backcross distributions give evidence that at least one more locus is involved.