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Majority of cancer tissues showed weak to moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Colorectal cancers and several melanomas exhibited strong immunoreactivity. Gliomas along with several cases of renal cell carcinomas, skin, pancreas and testis cancers were generally negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
COX6A1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
COX6A
Description
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIa polypeptide 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
Cytochrome c oxidase (COX), the terminal enzyme of the mitochondrial respiratory chain, catalyzes the electron transfer from reduced cytochrome c to oxygen. It 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 the electron transfer and the nuclear-encoded subunits may function in the regulation and assembly of the complex. This nuclear gene encodes polypeptide 1 (liver isoform) of subunit VIa, and polypeptide 1 is found in all non-muscle tissues. Polypeptide 2 (heart/muscle isoform) of subunit VIa is encoded by a different gene, and is present only in striated muscles. These two polypeptides share 66% amino acid sequence identity. It has been reported that there may be several pseudogenes on chromosomes 1, 6, 7q21, 7q31-32 and 12. However, only one pseudogene (COX6A1P) on chromosome 1p31.1 has been documented. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]