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MT-CO1 mitochondrially encoded cytochrome c oxidase I

Gene ID: 4512, updated on 6-Jun-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: COI; MTCO1; COX1

Summary

Contributes to cytochrome-c oxidase activity. Predicted to be involved in electron transport coupled proton transport and mitochondrial electron transport, cytochrome c to oxygen. Part of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex III and mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Genomic context

Sequence:
Chromosome: MT; NC_012920.1 (5904..7445)
Total number of exons:
0

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