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Cytochrome c

Index Cytochrome c

The cytochrome complex, or cyt c, is a small hemeprotein found loosely associated with the inner membrane of the mitochondrion where it plays a critical role in cellular respiration. [1]

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  1. 68 relations: ABTS, Alpha helix, Amino acid, Anterior pituitary, Apoptosis, Aromaticity, Biochemistry (journal), C-terminus, Calcium, Cardiolipin, Caspase, Caspase 3, Caspase 7, Caspase-9, Cell (journal), Cell Death & Differentiation, Cellular respiration, Cladistics, Coenzyme Q – cytochrome c reductase, Cysteine, Cytochrome, Cytochrome c family, Cytochrome c oxidase, Dalton (unit), Debye, Electron transport chain, Endoplasmic reticulum, Eukaryote, Ferric, Ferrous, Gene, Growth hormone, Heme, Hemoprotein, Histochemistry and Cell Biology, Hydrogen peroxide, Hydroxylation, Inner mitochondrial membrane, Inositol trisphosphate receptor, Iron, Joseph Trapani (immunologist), Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry, Lumen (anatomy), Methanol dehydrogenase (cytochrome c), Methionine, Mitochondrion, Molecular Biology and Evolution, N-terminus, Nitrite reductase, ... Expand index (18 more) »

  2. Cytochromes
  3. Moonlighting proteins

ABTS

In biochemistry, ABTS (2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid)) is a chemical compound used to observe the reaction kinetics of specific enzymes.

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Alpha helix

An alpha helix (or α-helix) is a sequence of amino acids in a protein that are twisted into a coil (a helix).

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Amino acid

Amino acids are organic compounds that contain both amino and carboxylic acid functional groups.

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Anterior pituitary

A major organ of the endocrine system, the anterior pituitary (also called the adenohypophysis or pars anterior) is the glandular, anterior lobe that together with the posterior lobe (posterior pituitary, or the neurohypophysis) makes up the pituitary gland (hypophysis) which, in humans, is located at the base of the brain, protruding off the bottom of the hypothalamus.

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Apoptosis

Apoptosis (from falling off) is a form of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms and in some eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms such as yeast. Cytochrome c and Apoptosis are programmed cell death.

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Aromaticity

In organic chemistry, aromaticity is a chemical property describing the way in which a conjugated ring of unsaturated bonds, lone pairs, or empty orbitals exhibits a stabilization stronger than would be expected by the stabilization of conjugation alone.

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Biochemistry (journal)

Biochemistry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the field of biochemistry.

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C-terminus

The C-terminus (also known as the carboxyl-terminus, carboxy-terminus, C-terminal tail, carboxy tail, C-terminal end, or COOH-terminus) is the end of an amino acid chain (protein or polypeptide), terminated by a free carboxyl group (-COOH).

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Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

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Cardiolipin

Cardiolipin (IUPAC name 1,3-bis(sn-3’-phosphatidyl)-sn-glycerol, "sn" designating stereospecific numbering) is an important component of the inner mitochondrial membrane, where it constitutes about 20% of the total lipid composition.

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Caspase

Caspases (cysteine-aspartic proteases, cysteine aspartases or cysteine-dependent aspartate-directed proteases) are a family of protease enzymes playing essential roles in programmed cell death. Cytochrome c and Caspase are programmed cell death.

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Caspase 3

Caspase-3 is a caspase protein that interacts with caspase-8 and caspase-9.

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Caspase 7

Caspase-7, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase, also known as CASP7, is a human protein encoded by the CASP7 gene.

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Caspase-9

Caspase-9 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CASP9 gene.

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Cell (journal)

Cell is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing research papers across a broad range of disciplines within the life sciences.

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Cell Death & Differentiation

Cell Death & Differentiation is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Nature Research.

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Cellular respiration

Cellular respiration is the process by which biological fuels are oxidized in the presence of an inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to drive the bulk production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which contains energy.

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Cladistics

Cladistics is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in groups ("clades") based on hypotheses of most recent common ancestry.

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Coenzyme Q – cytochrome c reductase

The coenzyme Q: cytochrome c – oxidoreductase, sometimes called the cytochrome bc1 complex, and at other times complex III, is the third complex in the electron transport chain, playing a critical role in biochemical generation of ATP (oxidative phosphorylation). Cytochrome c and coenzyme Q – cytochrome c reductase are Cellular respiration.

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Cysteine

Cysteine (symbol Cys or C) is a semiessential proteinogenic amino acid with the formula.

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Cytochrome

Cytochromes are redox-active proteins containing a heme, with a central iron (Fe) atom at its core, as a cofactor. Cytochrome c and Cytochrome are cytochromes.

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Cytochrome c family

Cytochromes c (cyt c, c-type cytochromes) cytochromes, or heme-containing proteins, that have heme C covalently attached to the peptide backbone via one or two thioether bonds. Cytochrome c and cytochrome c family are Peripheral membrane proteins.

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Cytochrome c oxidase

The enzyme cytochrome c oxidase or Complex IV (was, now reclassified as a translocase) is a large transmembrane protein complex found in bacteria, archaea, and the mitochondria of eukaryotes. Cytochrome c and cytochrome c oxidase are Cellular respiration.

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Dalton (unit)

The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (symbols: Da or u) is a non-SI unit of mass defined as of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at rest.

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Debye

The debye (symbol: D) is a CGS unit (a non-SI metric unit) of electric dipole momentTwo equal and opposite charges separated by some distance constitute an electric dipole.

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Electron transport chain

An electron transport chain (ETC) is a series of protein complexes and other molecules which transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox reactions (both reduction and oxidation occurring simultaneously) and couples this electron transfer with the transfer of protons (H+ ions) across a membrane. Cytochrome c and electron transport chain are Cellular respiration.

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Endoplasmic reticulum

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a part of a transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding.

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Eukaryote

The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.

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Ferric

In chemistry, iron(III) or ferric refers to the element iron in its +3 oxidation state.

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Ferrous

In chemistry, iron(II) refers to the element iron in its +2 oxidation state.

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Gene

In biology, the word gene has two meanings.

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Growth hormone

Growth hormone (GH) or somatotropin, also known as human growth hormone (hGH or HGH) in its human form, is a peptide hormone that stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration in humans and other animals.

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Heme

Heme (American English), or haem (Commonwealth English, both pronounced /hi:m/), is a ring-shaped iron-containing molecular component of hemoglobin, which is necessary to bind oxygen in the bloodstream.

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Hemoprotein

A hemeprotein (or haemprotein; also hemoprotein or haemoprotein), or heme protein, is a protein that contains a heme prosthetic group.

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Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Histochemistry and Cell Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of molecular histology and cell biology, publishing original articles dealing with the localization and identification of molecular components, metabolic activities, and cell biological aspects of cells and tissues.

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Hydrogen peroxide

Hydrogen peroxide is a chemical compound with the formula.

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Hydroxylation

In chemistry, hydroxylation can refer to.

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Inner mitochondrial membrane

The inner mitochondrial membrane (IMM) is the mitochondrial membrane which separates the mitochondrial matrix from the intermembrane space.

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Inositol trisphosphate receptor

Inositol trisphosphate receptor (InsP3R) is a membrane glycoprotein complex acting as a Ca2+ channel activated by inositol trisphosphate (InsP3).

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Iron

Iron is a chemical element.

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Joseph Trapani (immunologist)

Joseph Albert Trapani is an Australian immunologist.

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Journal of Biological Chemistry

The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1905.

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Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry

Journal of Biological Inorganic Chemistry (JBIC) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal.

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Lumen (anatomy)

In biology, a lumen (lumina) is the inside space of a tubular structure, such as an artery or intestine.

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Methanol dehydrogenase (cytochrome c)

Methanol dehydrogenase (cytochrome c) (methanol dehydrogenase, MDH) is an enzyme with systematic name methanol:cytochrome c oxidoreductase.

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Methionine

Methionine (symbol Met or M) is an essential amino acid in humans.

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Mitochondrion

A mitochondrion is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi. Cytochrome c and mitochondrion are Cellular respiration.

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Molecular Biology and Evolution

Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution.

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N-terminus

The N-terminus (also known as the amino-terminus, NH2-terminus, N-terminal end or amine-terminus) is the start of a protein or polypeptide, referring to the free amine group (-NH2) located at the end of a polypeptide.

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Nitrite reductase

Nitrite reductase refers to any of several classes of enzymes that catalyze the reduction of nitrite.

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Nitrogen dioxide

Nitrogen dioxide is a chemical compound with the formula.

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Oxygen

Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.

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Peptide

Peptides are short chains of amino acids linked by peptide bonds.

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Peroxidase

Peroxidases or peroxide reductases (EC number) are a large group of enzymes which play a role in various biological processes.

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Peroxynitrite

Peroxynitrite (sometimes called peroxonitrite) is an ion with the formula ONOO−.

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Peroxynitrous acid

Peroxynitrous acid (HNO3) is a reactive nitrogen species (RNS).

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (often abbreviated PNAS or PNAS USA) is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal.

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Protease

A protease (also called a peptidase, proteinase, or proteolytic enzyme) is an enzyme that catalyzes proteolysis, breaking down proteins into smaller polypeptides or single amino acids, and spurring the formation of new protein products.

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Redox

Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.

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Solubility

In chemistry, solubility is the ability of a substance, the solute, to form a solution with another substance, the solvent.

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Superoxide

In chemistry, a superoxide is a compound that contains the superoxide ion, which has the chemical formula.

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Talanta

Talanta is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in pure and applied analytical chemistry.

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The Proteolysis Map

The Proteolysis MAP (PMAP) was an integrated web resource focused on proteases. Cytochrome c and The Proteolysis Map are Peripheral membrane proteins.

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Trends is a series of 16 review journals in a range of areas of biology and chemistry published under its Cell Press imprint by Elsevier.

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Tyrosine

-Tyrosine or tyrosine (symbol Tyr or Y) or 4-hydroxyphenylalanine is one of the 20 standard amino acids that are used by cells to synthesize proteins.

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Vacuole

A vacuole is a membrane-bound organelle which is present in plant and fungal cells and some protist, animal, and bacterial cells.

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Xiaodong Wang (biochemist)

Xiaodong Wang (born 1963) is a Chinese-American biochemist best known for his work with apoptosis, one of the ways through which cells kill themselves.

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Zymogen

In biochemistry, a zymogen, also called a proenzyme, is an inactive precursor of an enzyme.

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See also

Cytochromes

Moonlighting proteins

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytochrome_c

Also known as CYCS (gene), Cyt c, Cytochrome c group, Cytochrome-c.

, Nitrogen dioxide, Oxygen, Peptide, Peroxidase, Peroxynitrite, Peroxynitrous acid, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Protease, Redox, Solubility, Superoxide, Talanta, The Proteolysis Map, Trends (journals), Tyrosine, Vacuole, Xiaodong Wang (biochemist), Zymogen.