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CYTB cytochrome b [ Taenia solium (pork tapeworm) ]

Gene ID: 804942, updated on 17-Sep-2016

Summary

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Gene symbol
CYTB
Gene description
cytochrome b
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
VALIDATED
Organism
Taenia solium
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Platyhelminthes; Cestoda; Eucestoda; Cyclophyllidea; Taeniidae; Taenia
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Genomic context

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Sequence:
Chromosome: MT; NC_004022.1 (3022..4089)

Chromosome MT - NC_004022.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene NADH dehydrogenase subunit 5 Neighboring gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit III Neighboring gene NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4L Neighboring gene NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:
NC_004022.1

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Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Genetic variation in the Cytb gene of human cerebral Taenia solium cysticerci recovered from clinically and radiologically heterogeneous patients with neurocysticercosis. Palafox-Fonseca H, et al. Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz, 2013 Nov. PMID 24271046, Free PMC Article
  2. The mitochondrial genome of the tapeworm Taenia solium: a finding of the abbreviated stop codon U. Nakao M, et al. J Parasitol, 2003 Jun. PMID 12880275

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Overall, this study establishes the presence of genetic differences in the Cytb gene of T. solium isolated from human cysticerci and suggests that parasite variation could contribute to neurocysticercosis heterogeneity.
    Title: Genetic variation in the Cytb gene of human cerebral Taenia solium cysticerci recovered from clinically and radiologically heterogeneous patients with neurocysticercosis.
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General protein information

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Names
cytochrome b

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_004022.1 Reference assembly

    Range
    3022..4089
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_659226.1 cytochrome b [Taenia solium]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_659226.1

    Status: VALIDATED

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    Q955Z1
    Conserved Domains (3) summary
    MTH00046
    Location:1 → 355
    CYTB; cytochrome b; Validated
    pfam00032
    Location:250 → 344
    Cytochrom_B_C; Cytochrome b(C-terminal)/b6/petD
    cl23723
    Location:3 → 196
    Cytochrome_b_N; Cytochrome b (N-terminus)/b6/petB: Cytochrome b is a subunit of cytochrome bc1, an 11-subunit mitochondrial respiratory enzyme. Cytochrome b spans the mitochondrial membrane with 8 transmembrane helices (A-H) in eukaryotes. In plants and cyanobacteria, ...
Nucleotide Protein
Heading Accession and Version
Protein Accession Links
GenPept Link UniProtKB Link
Q955Z1.1