MT-CO1

MT-CO1
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I

PDB rendering based on 1occ.
Identifiers
Symbols COX1; COI; MTCO1
External IDs OMIM516030 MGI102504 HomoloGene5016 GeneCards: COX1 Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4512 17708
Ensembl ENSG00000198804 ENSMUSG00000064351
UniProt P00395 Q35042
RefSeq (mRNA) n/a n/a
RefSeq (protein) YP_003024028.1 NP_904330.1
Location (UCSC) Chr MT:
0.01 – 0.01 Mb
Chr MT:
0.01 – 0.01 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
"Cox1" redirects here. Particularly in a medical context, this can also refer to cyclooxygenase-1 (COX-1).

Mitochondrially encoded cytochrome c oxidase I (MT-CO1), also known as cytochrome c oxidase I (COX1), is a protein that is found in mitochondria. In humans[verification needed], the gene encoding it is named mt-co1. In other eukaryotes, the gene is called cox1.

MT-CO1 belongs to cytochrome c oxidase subunit I protein family.[1] It is often used in DNA barcoding, because its mutation rate is often fast enough to distinguish closely related species. In most if not all seed plants, however, the rate of evolution of cox1 is very slow.


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