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COX17

Cytochrome c oxidase copper chaperone is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COX17 gene.[1][2]

Function

Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal component of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, catalyzes the electron transfer from reduced cytochrome c to oxygen. This component 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 function in the regulation and assembly of the complex. This nuclear gene encodes a protein which is not a structural subunit, but may be involved in the recruitment of copper to mitochondria for incorporation into the COX apoenzyme. This protein shares 92% amino acid sequence identity with mouse and rat Cox17 proteins. This gene is no longer considered to be a candidate gene for COX deficiency. A pseudogene COX17P has been found on chromosome 13.[2]

References

  1. Amaravadi R, Glerum DM, Tzagoloff A (Mar 1997). “Isolation of a cDNA encoding the human homolog of COX17, a yeast gene essential for mitochondrial copper recruitment”. Hum Genet. 99 (3): 329–33. doi:10.1007/s004390050367. PMID 9050918.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: COX17 COX17 cytochrome c oxidase assembly homolog (S. cerevisiae)”.

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