COX7A2L

Cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIIa polypeptide 2 like
Identifiers
Symbols COX7A2L ; COX7AR; COX7RP; EB1; SIG81
External IDs OMIM: 605771 MGI: 106015 HomoloGene: 3463 GeneCards: COX7A2L Gene
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 9167 20463
Ensembl ENSG00000115944 ENSMUSG00000024248
UniProt O14548 Q61387
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004718 NM_001159529
RefSeq (protein) NP_004709 NP_001153001
Location (UCSC) Chr 2:
42.33 – 42.43 Mb
Chr 17:
83.5 – 83.51 Mb
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Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7A-related protein, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the COX7A2L gene.[1][2]

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 similar to polypeptides 1 and 2 of subunit VIIa in the C-terminal region, and also highly similar to the mouse Sig81 protein sequence. This gene is expressed in all tissues, and upregulated in a breast cancer cell line after estrogen treatment. It is possible that this gene represents a regulatory subunit of COX and mediates the higher level of energy production in target cells by estrogen.[2]

References

  1. Watanabe T, Inoue S, Hiroi H, Orimo A, Kawashima H, Muramatsu M (Jan 1998). "Isolation of estrogen-responsive genes with a CpG island library". Mol Cell Biol 18 (1): 442–9. PMC 121513. PMID 9418891.
  2. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: COX7A2L cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIIa polypeptide 2 like".

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