Protein Name cytochrome b5 type A
Organism Rattus norvegicus
Gene ID 64001
Gene Symbol

Cyb5a

UniProt P00173 (CYB5_RAT)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 268
Total Number of Articles : 233
Description

cytochrome b5 type A

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable enzyme binding activity and heme binding activity. Involved in response to cadmium ion. Located in endoplasmic reticulum membrane. Biomarker of pyelonephritis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in methemoglobinemia and methemoglobinemia and ambiguous genitalia. Orthologous to human CYB5A (cytochrome b5 type A). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, May 2025]

synonyms
  • cytochrome b5
  • cytochrome b-5
  • cytochrome b5 type A (microsomal)
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Properties