CYTOCHROME C

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cytochrome c mean? 

• CYTOCHROME C (noun)
  The noun CYTOCHROME C has 1 sense:

1. the most abundant and stable cytochrome; involved in energy transfer

  Familiarity information: CYTOCHROME C used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYTOCHROME C (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The most abundant and stable cytochrome; involved in energy transfer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("cytochrome c" is a kind of...):

cytochrome ((biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration))

 Context examples 

This protein is involved in the assembly of cytochrome c oxidase.

(Cytochrome C Oxidase Assembly Protein COX11, Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIIa-related protein, mitochondrial protein, plays a putative role in regulating a higher level of energy production in estrogen target cells.

(COX7A2L wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cytochrome c oxidase polypeptide VIc protein, plays a role in electron transfer in the mitochondrial electron transport chain.

(COX6C wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6C (75 aa, ~9 kDa) is encoded by the human COX6C gene.

(Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit 6C, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7A-related protein, mitochondrial (114 aa, ~13 kDa) is encoded by the human COX7A2L gene.

(Cytochrome C Oxidase Subunit 7A-Related Protein, Mitochondrial, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the reduction of cytochrome c, doxorubicin, potassium ferricyanide and menadione.

(NADPH-Dependent Diflavin Oxidoreductase 1, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is comprised of the AT-hook DNA binding domain of the high mobility group protein HMGI-C fused to the C-terminal half of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 6C protein.

(HMGA2/COX6C Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

Apparently due to its effects on intracellular calcium concentrations, digoxin induces apoptosis of tumor cells via a pathway involving mitochondrial cytochrome c and caspases 8 and 3.

(Digoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

Acadesine-induced apoptosis also appears to require cytochrome c release from mitochondria and caspase activation and is p53-independent.

(Acadesine, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes cytochrome c oxidase assembly protein COX11, mitochondrial protein, plays a role in the regulation of cytochrome c oxidation.

(COX11 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)