COX4I1 Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

Cytochrome c oxidase (COX) is the terminal enzyme of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. It is a multi-subunit enzyme complex that couples the transfer of electrons from cytochrome c to molecular oxygen and contributes to a proton electrochemical gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane. The complex consists of 13 mitochondrial- and nuclear-encoded subunits. The mitochondrially-encoded subunits perform the electron transfer and proton pumping activities. The functions of the nuclear-encoded subunits are unknown but they may play a role in the regulation and assembly of the complex. This gene encodes the nuclear-encoded subunit IV isoform 1 of the human mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme. It is located at the 3' of the NOC4 (neighbor of COX4) gene in a head-to-head orientation, and shares a promoter with it. Pseudogenes related to this gene are located on chromosomes 13 and 14. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2016]

COX4I1: This protein is one of the nuclear-coded polypeptide chains of cytochrome c oxidase, the terminal oxidase in mitochondrial electron transport. Ubiquitous. Belongs to the cytochrome c oxidase IV family.

Protein type: EC 1.9.3.1; Energy Metabolism - oxidative phosphorylation; Membrane protein, integral; Mitochondrial; Oxidoreductase

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 16q24.1

Cellular Component: membrane; mitochondrial inner membrane; mitochondrial respiratory chain complex IV; mitochondrion; nucleus

Molecular Function: protein binding

Biological Process: generation of precursor metabolites and energy; mitochondrial electron transport, cytochrome c to oxygen