Biology:COX6C

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6C is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the COX6C gene.[1][2]

Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal enzyme of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, catalyzes the electron transfer from reduced cytochrome c to oxygen. It is a heteromeric complex consisting of 3 catalytic subunits encoded by mitochondrial genes and multiple structural subunits encoded by nuclear genes. The mitochondrially-encoded subunits function in electron transfer, and the nuclear-encoded subunits may be involved in the regulation and assembly of the complex. This nuclear gene encodes subunit VIc, which has 77% amino acid sequence identity with mouse COX subunit VIc. This gene is up-regulated in prostate cancer cells. A pseudogene COX6CP1 has been found on chromosomes 16p12.[2]

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  1. "Assignment of the human genes coding for cytochrome c oxidase subunits Va (COX5A), VIc (COX6C) and VIIc (COX7C) to chromosome bands 15q25, 8q22→q23 and 5q14 and of three pseudogenes (COX5AP1, COX6CP1, COX7CP1) to 14q22, 16p12 and 13q14→q21 by FISH and radiation hybrid mapping". Cytogenet Cell Genet 83 (3–4): 226–7. Mar 1999. doi:10.1159/000015185. PMID 10072584. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: COX6C cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIc". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1345. 

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