HCCS (gene)

HCCS
Identifiers
Aliases	HCCS, CCHL, MCOPS7, MLS, LSDMCA1, holocytochrome c synthase
External IDs	MGI: 106911 HomoloGene: 3897 GeneCards: HCCS
Gene ontology Molecular function • holocytochrome-c synthase activity • metal ion binding • lyase activity Cellular component • mitochondrion • mitochondrial inner membrane • membrane Biological process • oxidation-reduction process • animal organ morphogenesis Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species	Human	Mouse
Entrez	3052	15159
Ensembl	ENSG00000004961	ENSMUSG00000031352
UniProt	P53701	P53702
RefSeq (mRNA)	NM_005333 NM_001122608 NM_001171991	NM_008222
RefSeq (protein)	NP_001116080.1 NP_001165462.1 NP_005324.3	NP_032248.3
Location (UCSC)	Chr X: 11.11 – 11.12 Mb	Chr X: 169.25 – 169.32 Mb
PubMed search	[1]	[2]
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Cytochrome c-type heme lyase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the HCCS gene on chromosome X.^[3]

Structure

The HCCS gene is located on the Xp22 region of chromosome X and encodes a protein that is ~30 kDa in size. The HCCS protein is localized to the inner mitochondrial membrane and is expressed in multiple tissue including prominently in the cardiovascular system and the central nervous system.^[4]

Function

The HCCS protein functions as a lyase to covalently attach the heme group to the apoprotein of cytochrome c on the inner mitochondrial membrane of the mitochondrion.^[5] The heme group is required for cytochrome c to transport electrons from complex III to complex IV of the electron transport chain during respiration. Heme attachment to cytochrome c takes place in the intermembrane space and requires conserved heme-interacting residues on HCCS on one of the two heme-binding domains on HCCS, including His154.^[6] The HCCS protein may function to regulate mitochondrial lipid and total mitochondrial mass in response to mitochondrial dysfunctions.^[7]

Clinical Significance

Mutations in the MCCS gene cause Microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS) syndrome,^[8] also known as MIDAS syndrome, microphthalmia, syndromic 7 (MCOPS7), or microphthalmia, dermal aplasia, and sclerocornea.^[9][10] MLS is a rare X-linked dominant male-lethal disease characterized by unilateral or bilateral microphthalmia and linear skin defects in affected females, and in utero lethality for affected males.^[9]

References

1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
3. "Entrez Gene: HCCS holocytochrome c synthase (cytochrome c heme-lyase)".
4. http://www.ebi.ac.uk/gxa/genes/ENSG00000004961
5. Babbitt SE, San Francisco B, Mendez DL, Lukat-Rodgers GS, Rodgers KR, Bretsnyder EC, Kranz RG (2014). "Mechanisms of mitochondrial holocytochrome c synthase and the key roles played by cysteines and histidine of the heme attachment site, Cys-XX-Cys-His". J. Biol. Chem. 289 (42): 28795–807. doi:10.1074/jbc.M114.593509. PMID 25170082.
6. Babbitt SE, San Francisco B, Bretsnyder EC, Kranz RG (2014). "Conserved residues of the human mitochondrial holocytochrome c synthase mediate interactions with heme". Biochemistry. 53 (32): 5261–71. doi:10.1021/bi500704p. PMC 4139152. PMID 25054239.
7. Nakashima-Kamimura N, Asoh S, Ishibashi Y, Mukai Y, Shidara Y, Oda H, Munakata K, Goto Y, Ohta S (2005). "MIDAS/GPP34, a nuclear gene product, regulates total mitochondrial mass in response to mitochondrial dysfunction". J. Cell. Sci. 118 (Pt 22): 5357–67. doi:10.1242/jcs.02645. PMID 16263763.
8. Wimplinger I, Morleo M, Rosenberger G, Iaconis D, Orth U, Meinecke P, Lerer I, Ballabio A, Gal A, Franco B, Kutsche K (2006). "Mutations of the mitochondrial holocytochrome c-type synthase in X-linked dominant microphthalmia with linear skin defects syndrome". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 79 (5): 878–89. doi:10.1086/508474. PMC 1698567. PMID 17033964.
9. http://www.omim.org/entry/309801
10. Wimplinger I, Shaw GM, Kutsche K (2007). "HCCS loss-of-function missense mutation in a female with bilateral microphthalmia and sclerocornea: a novel gene for severe ocular malformations?". Mol. Vis. 13: 1475–82. PMID 17893649.

External links

• GeneReview/NIH/UW entry on Microphthalmia with Linear Skin Defects Syndrome

Further reading

• Wapenaar MC, Bassi MT, Schaefer L, et al. (1993). "The genes for X-linked ocular albinism (OA1) and microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS): cloning and characterization of the critical regions.". Hum. Mol. Genet. 2 (7): 947–52. doi:10.1093/hmg/2.7.947. PMID 8364577.
• Schaefer L, Ballabio A, Zoghbi HY (1997). "Cloning and characterization of a putative human holocytochrome c-type synthetase gene (HCCS) isolated from the critical region for microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS).". Genomics. 34 (2): 166–72. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0261. PMID 8661044.
• Van den Veyver IB, Subramanian S, Zoghbi HY (1998). "Genomic structure of a human holocytochrome c-type synthetase gene in Xp22.3 and mutation analysis in patients with Rett syndrome.". Am. J. Med. Genet. 78 (2): 179–81. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980630)78:2<179::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-K. PMID 9674913.
• Schwarz QP, Cox TC (2002). "Complementation of a yeast CYC3 deficiency identifies an X-linked mammalian activator of apocytochrome c.". Genomics. 79 (1): 51–7. doi:10.1006/geno.2001.6677. PMID 11827457.
• Prakash SK, Cormier TA, McCall AE, et al. (2003). "Loss of holocytochrome c-type synthetase causes the male lethality of X-linked dominant microphthalmia with linear skin defects (MLS) syndrome.". Hum. Mol. Genet. 11 (25): 3237–48. doi:10.1093/hmg/11.25.3237. PMID 12444108.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences.". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Ota T, Suzuki Y, Nishikawa T, et al. (2004). "Complete sequencing and characterization of 21,243 full-length human cDNAs.". Nat. Genet. 36 (1): 40–5. doi:10.1038/ng1285. PMID 14702039.
• Gerhard DS, Wagner L, Feingold EA, et al. (2004). "The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).". Genome Res. 14 (10B): 2121–7. doi:10.1101/gr.2596504. PMC 528928. PMID 15489334.
• Nakashima-Kamimura N, Asoh S, Ishibashi Y, et al. (2006). "MIDAS/GPP34, a nuclear gene product, regulates total mitochondrial mass in response to mitochondrial dysfunction.". J. Cell. Sci. 118 (Pt 22): 5357–67. doi:10.1242/jcs.02645. PMID 16263763.
• Wimplinger I, Morleo M, Rosenberger G, et al. (2006). "Mutations of the mitochondrial holocytochrome c-type synthase in X-linked dominant microphthalmia with linear skin defects syndrome.". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 79 (5): 878–89. doi:10.1086/508474. PMC 1698567. PMID 17033964.
• Wimplinger I, Shaw GM, Kutsche K (2007). "HCCS loss-of-function missense mutation in a female with bilateral microphthalmia and sclerocornea: a novel gene for severe ocular malformations?". Mol. Vis. 13: 1475–82. PMID 17893649.