Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 7.1.0)
Predicted to enable metal ion binding activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including cyclooxygenase pathway; mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase assembly; and negative regulation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/protein kinase B signal transduction. Located in mitochondrion. Is expressed in several structures, including cardiovascular system; genitourinary system; hemolymphoid system gland; liver; and submandibular gland primordium. Used to study cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency disease and mitochondrial complex IV deficiency nuclear type 4. Orthologous to human SCO1 (synthesis of cytochrome C oxidase 1).