Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license.
Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat.
We can research this topic together.
This component is a heteromeric complex consisting of 3 catalytic subunits encoded by mitochondrial genes and multiple structural subunits encoded by nuclear genes. The mitochondrially encoded subunits function in electron transfer, and the nuclear-encoded subunits may function in the regulation and assembly of the complex. This nuclear gene encodes polypeptide 2 (liver isoform) of subunit VIIa and the polypeptide 2 is present in both muscle and nonmuscle tissues.
In addition to polypeptide 2, subunit VIIa includes polypeptide 1 (muscle isoform), which is present only in muscle tissues, and a related protein, present in all tissues. This gene may have several pseudogenes.
"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Arnaudo E, Hirano M, Seelan RS, Milatovich A, Hsieh CL, Fabrizi GM, Grossman LI, Francke U, Schon EA (Nov 1992). "Tissue-specific expression and chromosome assignment of genes specifying two isoforms of subunit VIIa of human cytochrome c oxidase". Gene. 119 (2): 299–305. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(92)90287-Y. PMID1327965.
Merante F, Duncan AM, Mitchell G, Duff C, Rommens J, Robinson BH (Aug 1997). "Chromosomal localization of the human liver form cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIIa gene". Genome. 40 (3): 318–24. doi:10.1139/g97-044. PMID9202412.
Van Kuilenburg AB, Van Beeumen JJ, Van der Meer NM, Muijsers AO (1992). "Subunits VIIa,b,c of human cytochrome c oxidase. Identification of both 'heart-type' and 'liver-type' isoforms of subunit VIIa in human heart". Eur. J. Biochem. 203 (1–2): 193–9. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb19847.x. PMID1309697.
Taanman JW, Hall RE, Tang C, et al. (1993). "Tissue distribution of cytochrome c oxidase isoforms in mammals. Characterization with monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1225 (1): 95–100. doi:10.1016/0925-4439(93)90128-n. PMID8241294.
Merante F, Ling M, Duncan AM, et al. (1997). "Cloning, characterization, and chromosomal localization of human liver form cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIa related genes". Genome. 40 (3): 325–31. doi:10.1139/g97-045. PMID9202413.
Hüttemann M, Mühlenbein N, Schmidt TR, et al. (2000). "Isolation and sequence of the human cytochrome c oxidase subunit VIIaL gene". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1492 (1): 252–8. doi:10.1016/s0167-4781(00)00087-7. PMID11004498.