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MT-ATP6 mitochondrially encoded ATP synthase 6

Gene ID: 4508, updated on 6-Jun-2024
Gene type: protein coding
Also known as: ATPase6; MTATP6; ATP6

Summary

Contributes to proton-transporting ATP synthase activity, rotational mechanism. Involved in mitochondrial ATP synthesis coupled proton transport. Part of mitochondrial proton-transporting ATP synthase complex. Implicated in Leber hereditary optic neuropathy; NARP syndrome; Parkinson's disease; multiple sclerosis; and systemic lupus erythematosus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Genomic context

Sequence:
Chromosome: MT; NC_012920.1 (8527..9207)
Total number of exons:
0

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