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COX3

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Gene gene Q18029522
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Summary

COX3 is a gene[1]. COX3 ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: protein-coding gene[3]
  • HomoloGene ID: 5014[4]
  • Genomic start: 9207[5]
  • Genomic end: 9990[6]
  • Ortholog: COX3[7]
  • Encodes: cytochrome c oxidase III[8]
  • Found in taxon: Homo sapiens[9]
  • Chromosome: human mitochondrial DNA[10]
  • Genetic association: Leber hereditary optic neuropathy[11], cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency disease[12]
  • Strand orientation: forward strand[13]
  • Exact match: http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/4514[14]
  • Expressed in: gastric mucosa[15], skin of abdomen[16], skin of leg[17], left testis[18], right testis[19], mucosa of transverse colon[20], apex of heart[21], olfactory zone of nasal mucosa[22], amygdala[23], hippocampus proper[24]

Why It Matters

COX3 is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . NCBI homo sapiens annotation release 107. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Pabnau · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hgnc gene symbol → MT-CO3
    Sitelink count → 4
    Wikipedia languages → ['en', 'hu', 'tt', 'uk']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Hgnc gene symbol: MT-CO3"
  2. 20w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hgnc gene symbol → MT-CO3
    Genetic association → Leber hereditary optic neuropathy, cytochrome-c oxidase deficiency disease
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 2779316989
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/4514
    + 21 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||gsw */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32527|batch #32527]]: human gene name and description in Alemannic"
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