Details for: COX8A

Gene ID: 1351

Symbol: COX8A

Ensembl ID: ENSG00000176340

Description: cytochrome c oxidase subunit 8A

Associated with

Cells (max top 100)

(Marker Scores and respective Thresholds are uniquely calculated using our advanced thresholding algorithms to reveal cell-specific gene markers)

  • Cell Name: CD14-low, CD16-positive monocyte (CL0002396)
    Fold Change: 5.04
    Marker Score: 3,560
  • Cell Name: kidney loop of Henle thick ascending limb epithelial cell (CL1001106)
    Fold Change: 3.9
    Marker Score: 10,453
  • Cell Name: elicited macrophage (CL0000861)
    Fold Change: 3.88
    Marker Score: 23,575
  • Cell Name: myoepithelial cell of mammary gland (CL0002324)
    Fold Change: 3.87
    Marker Score: 18,995
  • Cell Name: renal intercalated cell (CL0005010)
    Fold Change: 3.78
    Marker Score: 2,019
  • Cell Name: erythroid progenitor cell (CL0000038)
    Fold Change: 3.76
    Marker Score: 3,922
  • Cell Name: CD14-positive, CD16-negative classical monocyte (CL0002057)
    Fold Change: 3.75
    Marker Score: 209,853
  • Cell Name: secretory cell (CL0000151)
    Fold Change: 3.72
    Marker Score: 6,792
  • Cell Name: mature T cell (CL0002419)
    Fold Change: 3.68
    Marker Score: 36,431
  • Cell Name: thyroid follicular cell (CL0002258)
    Fold Change: 3.64
    Marker Score: 2,851
  • Cell Name: blood cell (CL0000081)
    Fold Change: 3.59
    Marker Score: 41,778
  • Cell Name: foveolar cell of stomach (CL0002179)
    Fold Change: 3.42
    Marker Score: 21,846
  • Cell Name: basal cell of epithelium of trachea (CL1000348)
    Fold Change: 3.42
    Marker Score: 25,483
  • Cell Name: glycinergic neuron (CL1001509)
    Fold Change: 3.42
    Marker Score: 4,125
  • Cell Name: Kupffer cell (CL0000091)
    Fold Change: 3.4
    Marker Score: 3,403
  • Cell Name: kidney collecting duct intercalated cell (CL1001432)
    Fold Change: 3.35
    Marker Score: 5,560
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of proximal tubule (CL0002306)
    Fold Change: 3.3
    Marker Score: 11,703
  • Cell Name: glycinergic amacrine cell (CL4030028)
    Fold Change: 3.27
    Marker Score: 3,089
  • Cell Name: colon epithelial cell (CL0011108)
    Fold Change: 3.27
    Marker Score: 10,259
  • Cell Name: basal cell of prostate epithelium (CL0002341)
    Fold Change: 3.26
    Marker Score: 7,968
  • Cell Name: decidual natural killer cell, human (CL0002343)
    Fold Change: 3.26
    Marker Score: 8,994
  • Cell Name: mesenchymal stem cell (CL0000134)
    Fold Change: 3.21
    Marker Score: 4,949
  • Cell Name: stratified epithelial cell (CL0000079)
    Fold Change: 3.21
    Marker Score: 25,065
  • Cell Name: fetal cardiomyocyte (CL0002495)
    Fold Change: 3.21
    Marker Score: 1,056
  • Cell Name: kidney loop of Henle thin ascending limb epithelial cell (CL1001107)
    Fold Change: 3.19
    Marker Score: 3,235
  • Cell Name: mesodermal cell (CL0000222)
    Fold Change: 3.18
    Marker Score: 41,926
  • Cell Name: type G enteroendocrine cell (CL0000508)
    Fold Change: 3.17
    Marker Score: 1,093
  • Cell Name: type II pneumocyte (CL0002063)
    Fold Change: 3.17
    Marker Score: 20,650
  • Cell Name: ventricular cardiac muscle cell (CL2000046)
    Fold Change: 3.16
    Marker Score: 1,312
  • Cell Name: kidney interstitial cell (CL1000500)
    Fold Change: 3.11
    Marker Score: 2,209
  • Cell Name: malignant cell (CL0001064)
    Fold Change: 3.1
    Marker Score: 41,661
  • Cell Name: enterocyte (CL0000584)
    Fold Change: 3.06
    Marker Score: 14,683
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell (CL0000066)
    Fold Change: 3.06
    Marker Score: 4,863
  • Cell Name: CD14-positive, CD16-positive monocyte (CL0002397)
    Fold Change: 3.03
    Marker Score: 5,903
  • Cell Name: skeletal muscle satellite stem cell (CL0008011)
    Fold Change: 3.03
    Marker Score: 3,235
  • Cell Name: cell in vitro (CL0001034)
    Fold Change: 3.03
    Marker Score: 104,815
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of urethra (CL1000296)
    Fold Change: 3.02
    Marker Score: 2,380
  • Cell Name: intestine goblet cell (CL0019031)
    Fold Change: 3
    Marker Score: 2,877
  • Cell Name: lung secretory cell (CL1000272)
    Fold Change: 2.96
    Marker Score: 2,641
  • Cell Name: lung macrophage (CL1001603)
    Fold Change: 2.96
    Marker Score: 3,385
  • Cell Name: serous secreting cell (CL0000313)
    Fold Change: 2.94
    Marker Score: 1,172
  • Cell Name: kidney connecting tubule epithelial cell (CL1000768)
    Fold Change: 2.92
    Marker Score: 4,131
  • Cell Name: ciliated columnar cell of tracheobronchial tree (CL0002145)
    Fold Change: 2.91
    Marker Score: 25,323
  • Cell Name: progenitor cell of mammary luminal epithelium (CL0009116)
    Fold Change: 2.87
    Marker Score: 11,058
  • Cell Name: mucous neck cell (CL0000651)
    Fold Change: 2.86
    Marker Score: 6,497
  • Cell Name: kidney distal convoluted tubule epithelial cell (CL1000849)
    Fold Change: 2.85
    Marker Score: 3,021
  • Cell Name: enteroendocrine cell (CL0000164)
    Fold Change: 2.84
    Marker Score: 1,472
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of esophagus (CL0002252)
    Fold Change: 2.84
    Marker Score: 24,452
  • Cell Name: acinar cell of salivary gland (CL0002623)
    Fold Change: 2.81
    Marker Score: 6,395
  • Cell Name: pneumocyte (CL0000322)
    Fold Change: 2.8
    Marker Score: 4,494
  • Cell Name: alveolar macrophage (CL0000583)
    Fold Change: 2.79
    Marker Score: 71,356
  • Cell Name: CD8-alpha-alpha-positive, alpha-beta intraepithelial T cell (CL0000915)
    Fold Change: 2.79
    Marker Score: 3,944
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of lung (CL0000082)
    Fold Change: 2.78
    Marker Score: 14,631
  • Cell Name: microfold cell of epithelium of small intestine (CL1000353)
    Fold Change: 2.78
    Marker Score: 665
  • Cell Name: fibroblast of mammary gland (CL0002555)
    Fold Change: 2.78
    Marker Score: 94,663
  • Cell Name: GABAergic amacrine cell (CL4030027)
    Fold Change: 2.78
    Marker Score: 5,640
  • Cell Name: medullary thymic epithelial cell (CL0002365)
    Fold Change: 2.76
    Marker Score: 4,533
  • Cell Name: mature gamma-delta T cell (CL0000800)
    Fold Change: 2.75
    Marker Score: 8,694
  • Cell Name: CD4-positive, alpha-beta memory T cell, CD45RO-positive (CL0001204)
    Fold Change: 2.75
    Marker Score: 17,611
  • Cell Name: endocrine cell (CL0000163)
    Fold Change: 2.74
    Marker Score: 1,418
  • Cell Name: enteric smooth muscle cell (CL0002504)
    Fold Change: 2.74
    Marker Score: 6,442
  • Cell Name: supporting cell (CL0000630)
    Fold Change: 2.72
    Marker Score: 5,115
  • Cell Name: professional antigen presenting cell (CL0000145)
    Fold Change: 2.71
    Marker Score: 1,398
  • Cell Name: glandular epithelial cell (CL0000150)
    Fold Change: 2.7
    Marker Score: 6,636
  • Cell Name: skeletal muscle satellite cell (CL0000594)
    Fold Change: 2.69
    Marker Score: 1,798
  • Cell Name: interstitial cell of ovary (CL0002094)
    Fold Change: 2.69
    Marker Score: 17,472
  • Cell Name: chondrocyte (CL0000138)
    Fold Change: 2.68
    Marker Score: 1,207
  • Cell Name: PP cell (CL0000696)
    Fold Change: 2.67
    Marker Score: 601
  • Cell Name: non-classical monocyte (CL0000875)
    Fold Change: 2.66
    Marker Score: 6,429
  • Cell Name: papillary tips cell (CL1000597)
    Fold Change: 2.64
    Marker Score: 533
  • Cell Name: NKp46-positive innate lymphoid cell, human (CL0001076)
    Fold Change: 2.64
    Marker Score: 7,691
  • Cell Name: double negative T regulatory cell (CL0011024)
    Fold Change: 2.63
    Marker Score: 2,546
  • Cell Name: tonsil germinal center B cell (CL2000006)
    Fold Change: 2.63
    Marker Score: 7,800
  • Cell Name: Unknown (CL0000548)
    Fold Change: 2.63
    Marker Score: 1,914
  • Cell Name: enterocyte of colon (CL1000347)
    Fold Change: 2.62
    Marker Score: 4,038
  • Cell Name: basal cell (CL0000646)
    Fold Change: 2.62
    Marker Score: 3,381
  • Cell Name: skin fibroblast (CL0002620)
    Fold Change: 2.61
    Marker Score: 678
  • Cell Name: CD4-positive, alpha-beta memory T cell (CL0000897)
    Fold Change: 2.61
    Marker Score: 1,529
  • Cell Name: intraepithelial lymphocyte (CL0002496)
    Fold Change: 2.6
    Marker Score: 2,887
  • Cell Name: P/D1 enteroendocrine cell (CL0002268)
    Fold Change: 2.6
    Marker Score: 967
  • Cell Name: type I NK T cell (CL0000921)
    Fold Change: 2.59
    Marker Score: 2,034
  • Cell Name: naive thymus-derived CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell (CL0000900)
    Fold Change: 2.59
    Marker Score: 4,619
  • Cell Name: centroblast (CL0009112)
    Fold Change: 2.58
    Marker Score: 1,271
  • Cell Name: activated CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell, human (CL0001043)
    Fold Change: 2.57
    Marker Score: 1,168
  • Cell Name: exhausted T cell (CL0011025)
    Fold Change: 2.57
    Marker Score: 1,477
  • Cell Name: eukaryotic cell (CL0000255)
    Fold Change: 2.57
    Marker Score: 1,321
  • Cell Name: radial glial cell (CL0000681)
    Fold Change: 2.56
    Marker Score: 945
  • Cell Name: CD8-positive, alpha-beta memory T cell (CL0000909)
    Fold Change: 2.56
    Marker Score: 2,176
  • Cell Name: peripheral nervous system neuron (CL2000032)
    Fold Change: 2.56
    Marker Score: 2,876
  • Cell Name: neuroblast (sensu Vertebrata) (CL0000031)
    Fold Change: 2.56
    Marker Score: 1,608
  • Cell Name: T-helper 22 cell (CL0001042)
    Fold Change: 2.55
    Marker Score: 10,955
  • Cell Name: Sertoli cell (CL0000216)
    Fold Change: 2.55
    Marker Score: 15,145
  • Cell Name: interstitial cell of Cajal (CL0002088)
    Fold Change: 2.55
    Marker Score: 884
  • Cell Name: cord blood hematopoietic stem cell (CL2000095)
    Fold Change: 2.55
    Marker Score: 1,926
  • Cell Name: acinar cell (CL0000622)
    Fold Change: 2.55
    Marker Score: 1,799
  • Cell Name: CD4-positive, alpha-beta cytotoxic T cell (CL0000934)
    Fold Change: 2.55
    Marker Score: 2,239
  • Cell Name: CD8-positive, alpha-beta memory T cell, CD45RO-positive (CL0001203)
    Fold Change: 2.55
    Marker Score: 7,152
  • Cell Name: glandular cell of esophagus (CL0002657)
    Fold Change: 2.54
    Marker Score: 805
  • Cell Name: effector CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell (CL0001050)
    Fold Change: 2.54
    Marker Score: 2,136
  • Cell Name: adipocyte of epicardial fat of left ventricle (CL1000311)
    Fold Change: 2.53
    Marker Score: 667

Cell ID: Standard Cell Ontology term used for mapping and comparing cells across experiments. Ensures consistency in analyzing cellular functions across tissues.
Fold Change: Represents the ratio of the current Marker Score to the Marker Score Threshold, indicating how much the gene expression has changed compared to a baseline.
Marker Score: Reflects how strongly a gene is expressed in this cell type. Calculated using techniques like effect size estimation and bootstrapping for reliability.

Cell ID: Standard Cell Ontology term used for mapping and comparing cells across experiments. Ensures consistency in analyzing cellular functions across tissues.
Fold Change: Represents the ratio of the current Marker Score to the Marker Score Threshold, indicating how much the gene expression has changed compared to a baseline.
Marker Score: Reflects how strongly a gene is expressed in this cell type. Calculated using techniques like effect size estimation and bootstrapping for reliability.

Cell ID: Standard Cell Ontology term used for mapping and comparing cells across experiments. Ensures consistency in analyzing cellular functions across tissues.
Fold Change: Represents the ratio of the current Marker Score to the Marker Score Threshold, indicating how much the gene expression has changed compared to a baseline.
Marker Score: Reflects how strongly a gene is expressed in this cell type. Calculated using techniques like effect size estimation and bootstrapping for reliability.

Other Information

**Key Characteristics:** COX8A is a mitochondrial protein that is part of the cytochrome c oxidase complex, a crucial enzyme in the mitochondrial respiratory chain. It is characterized by its ability to bind to the mitochondrial inner membrane and participate in the transfer of electrons from cytochrome c to oxygen. COX8A is highly conserved across species, suggesting its evolutionary importance. The gene is expressed in various cell types, including immune cells, epithelial cells, and hematopoietic progenitor cells, indicating its role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. **Pathways and Functions:** COX8A is involved in several key pathways, including: 1. **Cellular Respiration**: COX8A plays a critical role in the mitochondrial respiratory chain, facilitating the transfer of electrons from cytochrome c to oxygen, which is essential for ATP synthesis. 2. **Stress Response**: COX8A is upregulated in response to cellular stress, including oxidative stress, heat shock, and hypoxia. This suggests its role in maintaining cellular homeostasis under stressful conditions. 3. **Cytoprotection**: COX8A has been shown to exert cytoprotective effects, protecting cells from oxidative damage and apoptosis. 4. **Energy Production**: COX8A is essential for the generation of ATP, which is critical for cellular function. **Clinical Significance:** Dysregulation of COX8A has been implicated in various diseases, including: 1. **Cancer**: Overexpression of COX8A has been observed in various cancers, including breast, lung, and colon cancer. This suggests its role in tumorigenesis and cancer progression. 2. **Neurodegenerative Diseases**: COX8A has been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, where it plays a role in energy metabolism and oxidative stress. 3. **Infectious Diseases**: COX8A has been shown to play a role in the regulation of immune responses, including the activation of macrophages and the production of cytokines. 4. **Metabolic Disorders**: COX8A has been implicated in metabolic disorders, including diabetes and obesity, where it plays a role in energy metabolism and glucose homeostasis. In conclusion, COX8A is a critical gene that plays a pivotal role in cellular respiration, stress response, and energy production. Its dysregulation has been implicated in various diseases, highlighting its importance in maintaining cellular homeostasis. Further research is necessary to fully elucidate the role of COX8A in human disease and to explore its potential as a therapeutic target.

Genular Protein ID: 828621175

Symbol: COX8A_HUMAN

Name: Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 8A, mitochondrial

UniProtKB Accession Codes:

Database IDs:

Citations:

PubMed ID: 2543673

Title: A gene specifying subunit VIII of human cytochrome c oxidase is localized to chromosome 11 and is expressed in both muscle and non-muscle tissues.

PubMed ID: 2543673

DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)81662-3

PubMed ID: 15489334

Title: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).

PubMed ID: 15489334

DOI: 10.1101/gr.2596504

PubMed ID: 2847943

Title: Human heart cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIII. Purification and determination of the complete amino acid sequence.

PubMed ID: 2847943

DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(88)80353-3

PubMed ID: 26685157

Title: Loss of the smallest subunit of cytochrome c oxidase, COX8A, causes Leigh-like syndrome and epilepsy.

PubMed ID: 26685157

DOI: 10.1093/brain/awv357

PubMed ID: 28844695

Title: Architecture of human mitochondrial respiratory megacomplex I2III2IV2.

PubMed ID: 28844695

DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.050

PubMed ID: 30030519

Title: Structure of the intact 14-subunit human cytochrome c oxidase.

PubMed ID: 30030519

DOI: 10.1038/s41422-018-0071-1

Sequence Information:

  • Length: 69
  • Mass: 7579
  • Checksum: E1736E52AD0F76E2
  • Sequence:
  • MSVLTPLLLR GLTGSARRLP VPRAKIHSLP PEGKLGIMEL AVGLTSCFVT FLLPAGWILS 
    HLETYRRPE

Database document:

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