Electron carrier protein. The oxidized form of the cytochrome c heme group can accept an electron from the heme group of the cytochrome c1 subunit of cytochrome reductase. Cytochrome c then transfers this electron to the cytochrome oxidase complex, the final protein carrier in the mitochondrial electron-transport chain
Tissue Specificity
A synthetic peptide corresponding to residues near the N-terminus of human Cytochrome C was used as an immunogen.
Cellular Localization
Mitochondrion intermembrane space. Note=Loosely associated with the inner membrane