Protein Name mitochondrially encoded cytochrome b
Organism Homo sapiens
Gene ID 4519
Gene Symbol

CYTB

UniProt P00156 (CYB_HUMAN), Q0ZFD6 (Q0ZFD6_HUMAN), Q6VLV1 (Q6VLV1_HUMAN)
Relationships Total Number of functionally related compound(s) : 436
Total Number of Articles : 716
Description

cytochrome b

Gene Summary

Predicted to enable electron transfer activity; metal ion binding activity; and oxidoreductase activity. Predicted to contribute to quinol-cytochrome-c reductase activity. Predicted to be involved in mitochondrial electron transport, ubiquinol to cytochrome c. Located in mitochondrial inner membrane. Implicated in ovarian carcinoma and urinary bladder cancer. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jun 2025]

synonyms
  • cytochrome b
  • MTCYB
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Properties