FOG00762
EOG80K6M5

sce:COX8

Genes: 24

Protein description
COX.08


SGD Description
Subunit VIII of cytochrome c oxidase (Complex IV); Complex IV is the terminal member of the mitochondrial inner membrane electron transport chain


AspGD Description
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit


References

Power SD, et al. (1984 May 25). The nuclear-coded subunits of yeast cytochrome c oxidase. II. The amino acid sequence of subunit VIII and a model for its disposition in the inner mitochondrial membrane.

Patterson TE, et al. (1986 Dec 25). COX8, the structural gene for yeast cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIII. DNA sequence and gene disruption indicate that subunit VIII is required for maximal levels of cellular respiration and is derived from a precursor which is extended at both its NH2 and COOH termini.

Geier BM, et al. (1995 Jan 15). Kinetic properties and ligand binding of the eleven-subunit cytochrome-c oxidase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated with a novel large-scale purification method.

Mitochondrial localization predictions
Predotar	TargetP	MitoProt
Raw data
Phobius transmembrane predictions 23 genes with posterior transmembrane prediction > 50%