Component of the cytochrome c oxidase, the last enzyme in the mitochondrial electron transport chain which drives oxidative phosphorylation. The respiratory chain contains 3 multisubunit complexes succinate dehydrogenase (complex II, CII), ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductase (cytochrome b-c1 complex, complex III, CIII) and cytochrome c oxidase (complex IV, CIV), that cooperate to transfer electrons derived from NADH and succinate to molecular oxygen, creating an electrochemical gradient over the inner membrane that drives transmembrane transport and the ATP synthase. Cytochrome c oxidase is the component of the respiratory chain that catalyzes the reduction of oxygen to water. Electrons originating from reduced cytochrome c in the intermembrane space (IMS) are transferred via the dinuclear copper A center (CU(A)) of subunit 2 and heme A of subunit 1 to the active site in subunit 1, a binuclear center (BNC) formed by heme A3 and copper B (CU(B)). The BNC reduces molecular oxygen to 2 water molecules unsing 4 electrons from cytochrome c in the IMS and 4 protons from the mitochondrial matrix (PubMed:22902835). NDUFA4 is required for complex IV maintenance (PubMed:22902835).
Mitochondrial complex IV deficiency, nuclear type 21
MC4DN21
An autosomal recessive mitochondrial disorder with onset in infancy. MC4DN21 is characterized by congenital lactic acidosis, encephalopathy, global developmental delay, delayed speech, motor dysfunction, dystonia, and spasticity. Ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, and seizures may also occur. Patient tissues show variably decreased levels and activity of mitochondrial respiratory complex IV.
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The disease may be caused by variants affecting the gene represented in this entry.
Belongs to the complex IV NDUFA4 subunit family.
Cytochrome c oxidase subunit NDUFA4, Complex I-MLRQ, NADH-ubiquinone oxidoreductase MLRQ subunit, CI-MLRQ, NDUFA4
Proteins
Metabolism
9370Da
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