The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Cytochrome C across different species:

cytochrome c, somatic (CYCS), Cytochrome c distal (Cyt-c-d), cytochrome c, somatic b (cycsb)

Other aliases include:

CYC, HCS, THC4, Cyt-c1, CytC-1, CytC1, Cytc, Cytc-d, DC3, bln, bs30f07.y1, cyt c-d, cyt-c-d, cyt.c, cytochrome c, ms(2)04445, pDMc02, DmelCG13263, CG13263, cyc, zgc:86706, wu:fk52b01, CYCS, MGC128356

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Cytochrome C:

cytochrome c – OTTHUMP00000202043 – OTTHUMP00000202044 – cytochrome c distal – CG13263-PA – Cyt-c-d-PA – blanks – fk52b01 – cytochrome c, somatic

Cytochrome C fulfills a number of functions:

electron transporter, transferring electrons from CoQH2-cytochrome c reductase complex and cytochrome c oxidase complex activity – heme binding – metal ion binding – protein binding – protein serine/threonine phosphatase activity – electron carrier activity

Cytochrome C is relevant to the following processes:

DNA fragmentation involved in apoptosis – activation of caspase activity by cytochrome c – apoptosis – cellular respiration – electron transport chain – transport – activation of caspase activity – oxidative phosphorylation – regulation of compound eye retinal cell programmed cell death – sperm individualization – DNA fragmentation involved in apoptotic nuclear change

Locations for Cytochrome C:

cytosol – mitochondrial intermembrane space – mitochondrial matrix – mitochondrion – nucleus – protein phosphatase type 2A complex – respiratory chain – mitochondrial inner membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology