COX6B2

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Cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIb polypeptide 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the COX6B2 gene. Cytochrome c oxidase 6B2 is a subunit of the cytochrome c oxidase complex, also known as Complex IV, the last enzyme in the mitochondrial electron transport chain.

Structure

The COX6B2 gene, located on the q arm of chromosome 19 in position 13.42, contains 5 exons and is 5,113 base pairs in length. The protein encoded by the COX6B2 gene weighs 11 kDa and is composed of 88 amino acids. The protein is a subunit of Complex IV, a heteromeric complex consisting of 3 catalytic subunits encoded by mitochondrial genes and multiple structural subunits encoded by nuclear genes.

Function

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 to drive ATP synthesis via protonmotive force. The mitochondrially-encoded subunits perform the electron transfer of 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.

Summary reaction:

4 Fe²⁺-cytochrome c + 8 H⁺_in + O₂ → 4 Fe³⁺-cytochrome c + 2 H₂O + 4 H⁺_out

Further reading

• Taanman JW, Schrage C, Ponne NJ, Das AT, Bolhuis PA, de Vries H, Agsteribbe E (Sep 1990). "Isolation of cDNAs encoding subunit VIb of cytochrome c oxidase and steady-state levels of coxVIb mRNA in different tissues". Gene. 93 (2): 285–91. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(90)90237-l. PMID 2172092.
• Hüttemann M, Jaradat S, Grossman LI (Sep 2003). "Cytochrome c oxidase of mammals contains a testes-specific isoform of subunit VIb--the counterpart to testes-specific cytochrome c?". Molecular Reproduction and Development. 66 (1): 8–16. doi:10.1002/mrd.10327. PMID 12874793.

External links

• Human COX6B2 genome location and COX6B2 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.
• Mass spectrometry characterization of COX6B2 at COPaKB

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.