Storage Buffer: PBS, pH 7.4(1%BSA and 0.1% Sodium azide)
Background:
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 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. This gene encodes the nuclear-encoded subunit Va of the human mitochondrial respiratory chain enzyme.
Alternate Names:
COX; COX VA; COX5A; COX5A_HUMAN; Cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide Va; Cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide, mitochondrial; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5A; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 5A, mitochondrial; mitochondrial; Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit Va; VA.