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Is a protein of the mitochondrial electron transport chain with heme as a prosthetic group. Furthermore, it is involved in the apoptotic process; that is, following initiation of the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis, it is translocated from the intermembrane space of the mitochondria to the cytosol, where it contributes to the activation of the procaspase 9 in the apoptosome.
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(2008). Cytochrome c. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47648-1_1458
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