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This page aggregates everything SciDEX knows about CYCS: its mechanistic relationships (Knowledge Graph edges), hypotheses targeting it, analyses mentioning it, and supporting scientific papers. The interactive graph below shows its immediate neighbors. All content is AI-synthesized from peer-reviewed literature.
CYCS is a gene implicated in neurodegeneration research. Key relationships include: associated with, therapeutic target, inhibits. Associated with Als, Alzheimer, Cancer. Connected to 176 entities in the SciDEX knowledge graph.
| Gene Symbol | CYCS |
| Full Name | Cytochrome c |
| Chromosome | 7p15.3 |
| Function | Cytochrome c (CYCS) is a small heme protein located in the mitochondrial intermembrane space that plays a central role in both cellular respiration and apoptosis. |
| Primary Expression | all aerobic cells, with highest levels in tissues with high metabolic rates including brain, heart, liver, and kidney |
| Pathways | Oxidative Phosphorylation |
| UniProt ID | [P99999](https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P99999) |
| Ensembl ID | ENSG00000172115 |
| OMIM | 123970 |
| GeneCards | CYCS |
| Human Protein Atlas | CYCS |
| Associated Diseases | Als, Alzheimer, Dementia, Diabetes, Inflammation, Ms |
| Known Drugs/Compounds | rapamycin |
| Interactions | CDKN1A, BECN1, CAT, ACTB, CTSD, GAPDH |
| KG Connections | 361 knowledge graph edges |
| Databases | GeneCardsNCBI GeneHPASTRING |
Knowledge base pages for this entity
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CYCS["CYCS"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| Inflammation["Inflammation"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| Ms["Ms"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| Parkinson["Parkinson"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| Diabetes["Diabetes"]
CYCS -->|"regulates"| Senescence["Senescence"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| Als["Als"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| Cancer["Cancer"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| Tumor["Tumor"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| RAC1["RAC1"]
CYCS -->|"target for"| MET["MET"]
MET -->|"target for"| CYCS
TPM2["TPM2"] -->|"target for"| CYCS
RAC1 -->|"target for"| CYCS
PARKINSON_S_DISEASE["PARKINSON'S DISEASE"] -->|"target for"| CYCS
VDAC1["VDAC1"] -->|"expressed in"| CYCS
HSPA9["HSPA9"] -->|"expressed in"| CYCS
BCL2L1["BCL2L1"] -->|"target for"| CYCS
MTOR["MTOR"] -->|"target for"| CYCS
MAPK3["MAPK3"] -->|"target for"| CYCS
TP53["TP53"] -->|"target for"| CYCS| Target | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intrinsic Apoptosis | activates | pathway | 0.98 |
| Oxidative Phosphorylation | involved_in | process | 0.75 |
| CAT | inhibits | gene | 0.70 |
| ROS | activates | gene | 0.70 |
| Inflammation | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Ms | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Senescence | regulates | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Tumor | therapeutic_target | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Diabetes | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Dementia | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Alzheimer | associated_with | disease | 0.65 |
| Neuroinflammation | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Als | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Neurodegeneration | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Inflammation | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| Parkinson | activates | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | protects_against | disease | 0.65 |
| ALS | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| Cancer | expressed_in | disease | 0.65 |
| GFAP | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| RAC1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MET | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MMP9 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| VIM | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| TPM2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| NCF1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SOD2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SOD1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| P62 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| UBC | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG7 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SCA3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG12 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SQSTM1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BECN1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CDKN1A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| P62 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| BECN1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ACTB | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SQSTM1 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| Source | Relation | Type | Str |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOD2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| CDC42 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MET | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| TPM2 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| GFAP | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| NCF1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| VIM | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| MMP9 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| RAC1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| VDAC1 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| HSPA9 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| BCL2L1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MTOR | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MAPK3 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| TP53 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| SRC | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| TPM2 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| RAC1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SQSTM1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BECN1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SCA3 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| UBC | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG7 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| P62 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| SOD1 | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| BECN1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ATG5 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| GAPDH | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CAT | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| ACTB | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| P62 | regulates | gene | 0.60 |
| CTSD | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| CDKN1A | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| TAU | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| SNCA | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| NRXN3 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PDHA1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| BDNF | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PRKAA1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| SOD2 | protects_against | gene | 0.60 |
| SOD1 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| NLGN2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
| PSD95 | protects_against | gene | 0.60 |
| SNCA | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| NDUFS1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| MET | associated_with | gene | 0.60 |
| ACO2 | expressed_in | gene | 0.60 |
| GLUD1 | therapeutic_target | gene | 0.60 |
| SLC2A2 | inhibits | gene | 0.60 |
Hypotheses where this entity is a therapeutic target
| Hypothesis | Score | Disease | Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
| No targeting hypotheses | |||
Scientific analyses that reference this entity
No analyses mention this entity
Scientific publications cited in analyses involving this entity
| Title & PMID | Authors | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No papers found | ||||