COQ7

COQ7
Identifiers
Aliases	COQ7, CAT5, CLK-1, CLK1, COQ10D8, coenzyme Q7, hydroxylase
External IDs	OMIM: 601683 MGI: 107207 HomoloGene: 6953 GeneCards: COQ7
Gene ontology Molecular function • oxidoreductase activity • chromatin binding • protein binding • metal ion binding • monooxygenase activity Cellular component • mitochondrial inner membrane • Q39572 • Q40260 • membrane Biological process • negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • oxidation-reduction process • regulation of reactive oxygen species metabolic process • positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter • ubiquinone biosynthetic process Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	10229	12850
Ensembl	ENSG00000167186	ENSMUSG00000030652
UniProt	Q99807	P97478
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_001190983 NM_016138	NM_009940 NM_001304758
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001177912 NP_057222	NP_001291687 NP_034070
Location (UCSC)	Chr 16: 19.07 – 19.08 Mb	Chr 7: 118.51 – 118.53 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
Wikidata
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The clk-1 (clock-1) gene encodes an enzyme (demethoxyubiquinone monooxygenase) that is necessary for ubiquinone biosynthesis in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans and other eukaryotes. The mouse version of the gene is called mclk-1 and the human, fruit fly and yeast homolog COQ7 (coenzyme Q biosynthesis protein 7).^[3][4]

CLK-1 is not to be confused with the unrelated human protein CLK1 which plays a role in RNA splicing.

Structure

The protein has two repeats of approximately 90 amino acids, that contain two conserved motifs predicted to be important for coordination of iron. The structure and function of the gene are highly conserved among different species.^[5]

The C. elegans protein contains 187 amino acid residues (20 kilodaltons), the human homolog 217 amino acid residues (24 kilodaltons, gene consisting of six exons spanning 11 kb and located on chromosome 16).^[6]

Mitochondrial function

Ubiquinone is a small redox active lipid that is found in most cellular membranes where it acts as a cofactor in numerous cellular redox processes, including mitochondrial electron transport. As a cofactor, ubiquinone is often involved in processes that produce reactive oxygen species (ROS). In addition, ubiquinone is one of the main endogenous antioxidants of the cell. The CLK-1 enzyme is responsible for the hydroxylation of 5-demethoxyubiquinone to 5-hydroxyubiquinone.

It has been shown that mutations in the gene are associated with increased lifespan.^[3][5] Defects of the gene slow down a variety of developmental and physiological processes, including the cell cycle, embryogenesis, post-embryonic growth, rhythmic behaviors and aging.^[7]

Nuclear function

CLK-1 and COQ7 predominantly localise to mitochondria to participate in the ubiquinone biosynthetic pathway which is found there. However, a small pool of CLK-1 and COQ7 translocates to the nucleus in response to the production of ROS by normally functioning mitochondria in both worms and human cells, respectively.^[8] Translocation of CLK-1 and COQ7 represents a mitochondrial to nuclear retrograde signalling pathway that acts to suppress mitochondrial stress responses. The mitochondrial and nuclear pools of CLK-1 are thought to contribute independently to worm lifespan regulation. The nuclear form of CLK-1 and COQ7 is thought to regulate gene expression through an unidentified mechanism.

References

Further reading

External links

• COQ7 human gene location in the UCSC Genome Browser.
• COQ7 human gene details in the UCSC Genome Browser.
• Human CLK1 genome location and CLK1 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.