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Most cancer tissues exhibited moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Several cases of testicular, liver and thyroid cancers along with a few cases of prostate, endometrial, urothelial and gastric cancers showed strong staining. Additional nuclear staining was observed in malignant melanomas.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
COX7C
Synonyms
Description
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIIc (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal component of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, catalyzes the electron transfer from reduced cytochrome c to oxygen. This component is a heteromeric complex consisting of 3 catalytic subunits encoded by mitochondrial genes and multiple structural subunits encoded by nuclear genes. The mitochondrially-encoded subunits function in electron transfer, and the nuclear-encoded subunits may function in the regulation and assembly of the complex. This nuclear gene encodes subunit VIIc, which shares 87% and 85% amino acid sequence identity with mouse and bovine COX VIIc, respectively, and is found in all tissues. A pseudogene COX7CP1 has been found on chromosome 13. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]