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MT-ND5 mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase 5

Gene ID: 4540, updated on 3-Apr-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: MTND5; ND5

Summary

Enables NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) activity. Involved in mitochondrial electron transport, NADH to ubiquinone and mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I assembly. Part of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I. Implicated in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy; Leigh disease; and MELAS syndrome. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Genomic context

Sequence:
Chromosome: MT; NC_012920.1 (12337..14148)
Total number of exons:
0

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