======= APOPT1 ======= == Gene Information == * **Official Symbol**: COA8 * **Official Name**: cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor 8 * **Aliases and Previous Symbols**: N/A * **Entrez ID**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=84334|84334]] * **UniProt**: [[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q96IL0|Q96IL0]] * **Interactions**: [[https://thebiogrid.org/search.php?search=APOPT1&organism=9606|BioGRID]] * **PubMed articles**: [[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gene%20APOPT1|Open PubMed]] * **OMIM**: [[https://omim.org/entry/616003|Open OMIM]] == Function Summary == * **Entrez Summary**: N/A * **UniProt Summary**: Plays a role in the regulation of apoptosis. Mediates mitochondria-induced cell death in vascular smooth muscle cells through the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, followed by the activation of the caspase cascade. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9CQW7}. |DUF2315| |positive regulation of smooth muscle cell apoptotic process| |regulation of smooth muscle cell apoptotic process| |positive regulation of muscle cell apoptotic process| |positive regulation of release of cytochrome c from mitochondria| |regulation of release of cytochrome c from mitochondria| |regulation of muscle cell apoptotic process| |positive regulation of mitochondrion organization| |positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process| |intrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway| |positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity| |positive regulation of endopeptidase activity| |positive regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway| |regulation of mitochondrion organization| |positive regulation of peptidase activity| |regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process| |regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity| |apoptotic signaling pathway| |positive regulation of proteolysis| |regulation of apoptotic signaling pathway| |regulation of endopeptidase activity| |regulation of peptidase activity| |positive regulation of organelle organization| |positive regulation of apoptotic process| |positive regulation of programmed cell death| |positive regulation of cell death| |regulation of proteolysis| |positive regulation of hydrolase activity| |apoptotic process| |programmed cell death| |cell death| |positive regulation of cellular component organization| |mitochondrion| |regulation of hydrolase activity| |regulation of organelle organization| |positive regulation of catalytic activity| |regulation of apoptotic process| |regulation of programmed cell death| |positive regulation of cellular protein metabolic process| |positive regulation of signal transduction| |regulation of cell death| |intracellular signal transduction| |positive regulation of protein metabolic process| |positive regulation of molecular function| |positive regulation of cell communication| |positive regulation of signaling| \\ === CRISPR Data === No hits were found. No correlation found to any other genes in chemogenomics. Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/739 ^Tissue^Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential^ |1290807.0|0/1| |909776.0|0/1| |bile duct|0/28| |blood|0/28| |bone|0/26| |breast|0/33| |central nervous system|0/56| |cervix|0/4| |colorectal|0/17| |esophagus|0/13| |fibroblast|0/1| |gastric|0/16| |kidney|0/21| |liver|0/20| |lung|0/75| |lymphocyte|0/16| |ovary|0/26| |pancreas|0/24| |peripheral nervous system|0/16| |plasma cell|0/15| |prostate|0/1| |skin|0/24| |soft tissue|0/9| |thyroid|0/2| |upper aerodigestive|0/22| |urinary tract|0/29| |uterus|0/5| == Essentiality in NALM6 == * **Essentiality Rank**: 8328 * **Expression level (log2 read counts)**: 4.33 {{:chemogenomics:nalm6 dist.png?nolink |}}