cytochrome c oxidase copper chaperone (COX17)

Function

• copper chaperone for cytochrome c oxidase (COX)
• binds two Cu+/Cu+2 & deliver them to the Cu(A) site of COX

Structure

belongs to the COX17 family

Compartment

mitochondria intermembrane space

Expression

ubiquitous

More general terms

• carrier protein (transporter)
• mitochondrial protein

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=10063
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:10063
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/604813
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q14061.html