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MITRAC15 is a constituent of a ribosome-nascent chain complex during ND2 translation, and ACAD9 binds the ND2 polypeptide at its C-terminus downstream of MITRAC15 binding.","method":"MITRAC15 knockout cell line, ribosome-nascent chain complex isolation, chemical crosslinking analysis, metabolic labeling of mitochondrial translation products","journal":"EMBO reports","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 1–2 — KO with defined translational phenotype, ribosome-nascent chain complex biochemistry, and crosslinking establishing binding order","pmids":["31721420"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2020,"finding":"Human COA1/MITRAC15 is a bona fide component of the mitochondrial complex I intermediate assembly (MCIA) complex (with NDUFAF1, ECSIT, ACAD9, TMEM126B); loss of COA1 causes MCIA complex defects and reduced complex I assembly, and COA1 specifically enriches with newly translated ND2.","method":"CRISPR knockout, blue-native PAGE, co-immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry, metabolic labeling of mitochondrial translation products","journal":"Cell reports","confidence":"High","confidence_rationale":"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods (KO, BN-PAGE, Co-IP/MS, metabolic labeling) establishing complex membership and functional role","pmids":["32320651"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2003,"finding":"The COA-1 (colorectal tumor-associated antigen-1) gene product, whose transcript is nearly identical to Socius (a protein binding members of the Rnd family of GTPases), is recognized by CD4+ T-cell clones in an HLA-DRβ1-restricted manner; the tumor-derived COA-1 contains a single nucleotide substitution near the C-terminus relative to normal cell types, which may affect localization or processing of the protein.","method":"cDNA library screening with T-cell clone, T-cell recognition assays, sequence analysis of tumor vs. normal COA-1 transcripts","journal":"Cancer research","confidence":"Medium","confidence_rationale":"Tier 3 — functional T-cell recognition assay with sequence-level identification of tumor-specific variant, single study","pmids":["14583468"],"is_preprint":false},{"year":2021,"finding":"COA1/MITRAC15 promotes mitochondrial translation (chaperone-like role) and its gene has been recurrently lost in lineages relying heavily on glycolytic muscle fibers (cheetah, galliform birds, certain rodents), demonstrating conditional dispensability linked to skeletal muscle fiber composition.","method":"Comparative genomics, genome re-sequencing, evolutionary analysis of gene-disrupting mutations across species","journal":"Scientific reports","confidence":"Low","confidence_rationale":"Tier 4 — computational/comparative genomics only, no direct functional experiment","pmids":["34952909"],"is_preprint":false}],"current_model":"COA1/MITRAC15 is a mitochondrial assembly factor that participates in both complex IV and complex I biogenesis: in yeast it is essential for early Cox1 maturation and couples COX1 translation to complex IV assembly by sequestering the translational activator Mss51 within Cox1-containing intermediates; in human cells it is a component of the MCIA complex that associates with the ribosome-nascent chain during ND2 translation, promoting ND2 module assembly into complex I, with ACAD9 acting downstream on the ND2 polypeptide."},"narrative":{"teleology":[{"year":2007,"claim":"Identification of Coa1 as a novel complex IV assembly factor resolved how Shy1-dependent assembly intermediates form, establishing that a previously uncharacterized mitochondrial protein is required for early subcomplexes of cytochrome c oxidase.","evidence":"Gene deletion, co-immunoprecipitation, and BN-PAGE of assembly intermediates in yeast","pmids":["17882259"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Molecular mechanism by which Coa1 promotes subcomplex formation was unknown","Whether Coa1 had a role in translational regulation was not addressed","No structural information on Coa1 or its complexes"]},{"year":2008,"claim":"Demonstrating that absence of Coa1 leads to rapid Cox1 degradation and that Coa2 acts downstream established Coa1 as a guardian of newly synthesized Cox1 at an early maturation step, ordering the assembly pathway.","evidence":"Genetic suppressor analysis and pulse-chase analysis of Cox1 stability in yeast deletion strains","pmids":["18541668"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Whether Coa1 directly contacts Cox1 or acts indirectly was not determined","Relationship to Mss51 translational feedback was not yet established"]},{"year":2010,"claim":"Two contemporaneous studies placed Coa1 upstream of Cox1 hemylation and within the Mss51-containing translational feedback complex, revealing that Coa1 couples COX1 translation to assembly by sequestering the translational activator Mss51 together with Cox14 and Coa3.","evidence":"Co-IP of Mss51–Coa1–Cox14–Coa3–Cox1 complexes, pulse-chase radiolabeling, and genetic epistasis with Cox10 gain-of-function alleles in yeast","pmids":["20876281","19841065"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Stoichiometry and direct binding interfaces within the Mss51-sequestering complex were not resolved","Whether Coa1's role extended beyond complex IV was unknown"]},{"year":2019,"claim":"Showing that human MITRAC15/COA1 is required for ND2 translation and resides on the ribosome-nascent chain complex revealed a striking functional divergence from yeast — the mammalian ortholog participates in complex I rather than complex IV biogenesis.","evidence":"MITRAC15 knockout human cell line, ribosome-nascent chain isolation, chemical crosslinking, and metabolic labeling of mitochondrial translation products","pmids":["31721420"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["Structural basis for COA1 recognition of the ND2 nascent chain was unknown","Whether COA1 also retains any complex IV function in human cells was not resolved"]},{"year":2020,"claim":"Establishing COA1 as a bona fide MCIA complex subunit (alongside NDUFAF1, ECSIT, ACAD9, TMEM126B) unified its translational role with the known complex I assembly machinery, showing that loss of COA1 destabilizes the entire MCIA complex.","evidence":"CRISPR knockout, BN-PAGE, co-IP/mass spectrometry, and metabolic labeling in human cells","pmids":["32320651"],"confidence":"High","gaps":["How COA1 is recruited to the mitoribosome during ND2 translation is not structurally resolved","Whether COA1 loss causes disease in humans has not been demonstrated","The precise handoff mechanism from COA1 to ACAD9 on the ND2 polypeptide is unknown"]},{"year":null,"claim":"The structural basis for COA1's chaperone-like activity on nascent mitochondrial subunits, the molecular determinants of its evolutionary switch from complex IV to complex I assembly between yeast and mammals, and whether COA1 mutations cause human mitochondrial disease remain unresolved.","evidence":"","pmids":[],"confidence":"Medium","gaps":["No high-resolution structure of COA1 alone or in the MCIA complex","No Mendelian disease association established for COA1","Mechanism of functional divergence between yeast Coa1 (complex IV) and human COA1 (complex I) is unexplained"]}],"mechanism_profile":{"molecular_activity":[{"term_id":"GO:0044183","term_label":"protein folding chaperone","supporting_discovery_ids":[5,6,8]}],"localization":[{"term_id":"GO:0005739","term_label":"mitochondrion","supporting_discovery_ids":[0,1,2,5,6]}],"pathway":[],"complexes":["MCIA complex","Mss51-Cox14-Coa3-Cox1 complex"],"partners":["NDUFAF1","ECSIT","ACAD9","TMEM126B","MSS51","COX14","COA3","SHY1"],"other_free_text":[]},"mechanistic_narrative":"COA1 is a mitochondrial assembly factor that functions at the interface of respiratory complex biogenesis and mitochondrial translation regulation. In yeast, Coa1 is essential for early Cox1 maturation during cytochrome c oxidase (complex IV) assembly: it cooperates with Shy1 and associates with Cox14, Coa3, and newly synthesized Cox1 to sequester the translational activator Mss51, thereby coupling COX1 translation to downstream assembly and preventing Cox1 degradation [PMID:17882259, PMID:20876281, PMID:18541668]. In human cells, the ortholog MITRAC15/COA1 has been repurposed as a component of the MCIA complex (with NDUFAF1, ECSIT, ACAD9, TMEM126B), where it associates with the ribosome-nascent chain complex during ND2 translation and is required for ND2 module assembly into complex I, with ACAD9 binding the ND2 polypeptide downstream of COA1 [PMID:31721420, PMID:32320651]. Genetic epistasis in yeast places Coa1 upstream of Cox1 hemylation by Cox10, establishing its role at one of the earliest committed steps in Cox1 biogenesis [PMID:19841065]."},"prefetch_data":{"uniprot":{"accession":"Q9GZY4","full_name":"Cytochrome c oxidase assembly factor 1 homolog","aliases":["Mitochondrial translation regulation assembly intermediate of cytochrome c oxidase protein of 15 kDa"],"length_aa":146,"mass_kda":16.7,"function":"Component of the MITRAC (mitochondrial translation regulation assembly intermediate of cytochrome c oxidase complex) complex, that regulates cytochrome c oxidase assembly. MITRAC complexes regulate both translation of mitochondrial encoded components and assembly of nuclear-encoded components imported in mitochondrion. Required for assembly of mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I and complex IV (PubMed:23260140). 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\"method\": \"MITRAC15 knockout cell line, ribosome-nascent chain complex isolation, chemical crosslinking analysis, metabolic labeling of mitochondrial translation products\",\n      \"journal\": \"EMBO reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 1–2 — KO with defined translational phenotype, ribosome-nascent chain complex biochemistry, and crosslinking establishing binding order\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31721420\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"finding\": \"Human COA1/MITRAC15 is a bona fide component of the mitochondrial complex I intermediate assembly (MCIA) complex (with NDUFAF1, ECSIT, ACAD9, TMEM126B); loss of COA1 causes MCIA complex defects and reduced complex I assembly, and COA1 specifically enriches with newly translated ND2.\",\n      \"method\": \"CRISPR knockout, blue-native PAGE, co-immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry, metabolic labeling of mitochondrial translation products\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cell reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 2 — multiple orthogonal methods (KO, BN-PAGE, Co-IP/MS, metabolic labeling) establishing complex membership and functional role\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32320651\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2003,\n      \"finding\": \"The COA-1 (colorectal tumor-associated antigen-1) gene product, whose transcript is nearly identical to Socius (a protein binding members of the Rnd family of GTPases), is recognized by CD4+ T-cell clones in an HLA-DRβ1-restricted manner; the tumor-derived COA-1 contains a single nucleotide substitution near the C-terminus relative to normal cell types, which may affect localization or processing of the protein.\",\n      \"method\": \"cDNA library screening with T-cell clone, T-cell recognition assays, sequence analysis of tumor vs. normal COA-1 transcripts\",\n      \"journal\": \"Cancer research\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 3 — functional T-cell recognition assay with sequence-level identification of tumor-specific variant, single study\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"14583468\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2021,\n      \"finding\": \"COA1/MITRAC15 promotes mitochondrial translation (chaperone-like role) and its gene has been recurrently lost in lineages relying heavily on glycolytic muscle fibers (cheetah, galliform birds, certain rodents), demonstrating conditional dispensability linked to skeletal muscle fiber composition.\",\n      \"method\": \"Comparative genomics, genome re-sequencing, evolutionary analysis of gene-disrupting mutations across species\",\n      \"journal\": \"Scientific reports\",\n      \"confidence\": \"Low\",\n      \"confidence_rationale\": \"Tier 4 — computational/comparative genomics only, no direct functional experiment\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"34952909\"],\n      \"is_preprint\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"current_model\": \"COA1/MITRAC15 is a mitochondrial assembly factor that participates in both complex IV and complex I biogenesis: in yeast it is essential for early Cox1 maturation and couples COX1 translation to complex IV assembly by sequestering the translational activator Mss51 within Cox1-containing intermediates; in human cells it is a component of the MCIA complex that associates with the ribosome-nascent chain during ND2 translation, promoting ND2 module assembly into complex I, with ACAD9 acting downstream on the ND2 polypeptide.\"\n}\n```","stage2_raw":"```json\n{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"COA1 is a mitochondrial assembly factor that functions at the interface of respiratory complex biogenesis and mitochondrial translation regulation. In yeast, Coa1 is essential for early Cox1 maturation during cytochrome c oxidase (complex IV) assembly: it cooperates with Shy1 and associates with Cox14, Coa3, and newly synthesized Cox1 to sequester the translational activator Mss51, thereby coupling COX1 translation to downstream assembly and preventing Cox1 degradation [PMID:17882259, PMID:20876281, PMID:18541668]. In human cells, the ortholog MITRAC15/COA1 has been repurposed as a component of the MCIA complex (with NDUFAF1, ECSIT, ACAD9, TMEM126B), where it associates with the ribosome-nascent chain complex during ND2 translation and is required for ND2 module assembly into complex I, with ACAD9 binding the ND2 polypeptide downstream of COA1 [PMID:31721420, PMID:32320651]. Genetic epistasis in yeast places Coa1 upstream of Cox1 hemylation by Cox10, establishing its role at one of the earliest committed steps in Cox1 biogenesis [PMID:19841065].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 2007,\n      \"claim\": \"Identification of Coa1 as a novel complex IV assembly factor resolved how Shy1-dependent assembly intermediates form, establishing that a previously uncharacterized mitochondrial protein is required for early subcomplexes of cytochrome c oxidase.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Gene deletion, co-immunoprecipitation, and BN-PAGE of assembly intermediates in yeast\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"17882259\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Molecular mechanism by which Coa1 promotes subcomplex formation was unknown\",\n        \"Whether Coa1 had a role in translational regulation was not addressed\",\n        \"No structural information on Coa1 or its complexes\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2008,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating that absence of Coa1 leads to rapid Cox1 degradation and that Coa2 acts downstream established Coa1 as a guardian of newly synthesized Cox1 at an early maturation step, ordering the assembly pathway.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Genetic suppressor analysis and pulse-chase analysis of Cox1 stability in yeast deletion strains\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"18541668\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Whether Coa1 directly contacts Cox1 or acts indirectly was not determined\",\n        \"Relationship to Mss51 translational feedback was not yet established\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2010,\n      \"claim\": \"Two contemporaneous studies placed Coa1 upstream of Cox1 hemylation and within the Mss51-containing translational feedback complex, revealing that Coa1 couples COX1 translation to assembly by sequestering the translational activator Mss51 together with Cox14 and Coa3.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Co-IP of Mss51–Coa1–Cox14–Coa3–Cox1 complexes, pulse-chase radiolabeling, and genetic epistasis with Cox10 gain-of-function alleles in yeast\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"20876281\", \"19841065\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Stoichiometry and direct binding interfaces within the Mss51-sequestering complex were not resolved\",\n        \"Whether Coa1's role extended beyond complex IV was unknown\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"claim\": \"Showing that human MITRAC15/COA1 is required for ND2 translation and resides on the ribosome-nascent chain complex revealed a striking functional divergence from yeast — the mammalian ortholog participates in complex I rather than complex IV biogenesis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"MITRAC15 knockout human cell line, ribosome-nascent chain isolation, chemical crosslinking, and metabolic labeling of mitochondrial translation products\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31721420\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Structural basis for COA1 recognition of the ND2 nascent chain was unknown\",\n        \"Whether COA1 also retains any complex IV function in human cells was not resolved\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"claim\": \"Establishing COA1 as a bona fide MCIA complex subunit (alongside NDUFAF1, ECSIT, ACAD9, TMEM126B) unified its translational role with the known complex I assembly machinery, showing that loss of COA1 destabilizes the entire MCIA complex.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"CRISPR knockout, BN-PAGE, co-IP/mass spectrometry, and metabolic labeling in human cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32320651\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"How COA1 is recruited to the mitoribosome during ND2 translation is not structurally resolved\",\n        \"Whether COA1 loss causes disease in humans has not been demonstrated\",\n        \"The precise handoff mechanism from COA1 to ACAD9 on the ND2 polypeptide is unknown\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"The structural basis for COA1's chaperone-like activity on nascent mitochondrial subunits, the molecular determinants of its evolutionary switch from complex IV to complex I assembly between yeast and mammals, and whether COA1 mutations cause human mitochondrial disease remain unresolved.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"No high-resolution structure of COA1 alone or in the MCIA complex\",\n        \"No Mendelian disease association established for COA1\",\n        \"Mechanism of functional divergence between yeast Coa1 (complex IV) and human COA1 (complex I) is unexplained\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0044183\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [5, 6, 8]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005739\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 2, 5, 6]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005739\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": []}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\n      \"MCIA complex\",\n      \"Mss51-Cox14-Coa3-Cox1 complex\"\n    ],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"NDUFAF1\",\n      \"ECSIT\",\n      \"ACAD9\",\n      \"TMEM126B\",\n      \"MSS51\",\n      \"COX14\",\n      \"COA3\",\n      \"SHY1\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}\n```\n\nWait, I made an error in the pathway field - I used a GO term instead of a Reactome term. Let me fix that.\n\n```json\n{\n  \"mechanistic_narrative\": \"COA1 is a mitochondrial assembly factor that functions at the interface of respiratory complex biogenesis and mitochondrial translation regulation. In yeast, Coa1 is essential for early Cox1 maturation during cytochrome c oxidase (complex IV) assembly: it cooperates with Shy1 and associates with Cox14, Coa3, and newly synthesized Cox1 to sequester the translational activator Mss51, thereby coupling COX1 translation to downstream assembly and preventing Cox1 degradation [PMID:17882259, PMID:20876281, PMID:18541668]. In human cells, the ortholog MITRAC15/COA1 has been repurposed as a component of the MCIA complex (with NDUFAF1, ECSIT, ACAD9, TMEM126B), where it associates with the ribosome-nascent chain complex during ND2 translation and is required for ND2 module assembly into complex I, with ACAD9 binding the ND2 polypeptide downstream of COA1 [PMID:31721420, PMID:32320651]. Genetic epistasis in yeast places Coa1 upstream of Cox1 hemylation by Cox10, establishing its role at one of the earliest committed steps in Cox1 biogenesis [PMID:19841065].\",\n  \"teleology\": [\n    {\n      \"year\": 2007,\n      \"claim\": \"Identification of Coa1 as a novel complex IV assembly factor resolved how Shy1-dependent assembly intermediates form, establishing that a previously uncharacterized mitochondrial protein is required for early subcomplexes of cytochrome c oxidase.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Gene deletion, co-immunoprecipitation, and BN-PAGE of assembly intermediates in yeast\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"17882259\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Molecular mechanism by which Coa1 promotes subcomplex formation was unknown\",\n        \"Whether Coa1 had a role in translational regulation was not addressed\",\n        \"No structural information on Coa1 or its complexes\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2008,\n      \"claim\": \"Demonstrating that absence of Coa1 leads to rapid Cox1 degradation and that Coa2 acts downstream established Coa1 as a guardian of newly synthesized Cox1 at an early maturation step, ordering the assembly pathway.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Genetic suppressor analysis and pulse-chase analysis of Cox1 stability in yeast deletion strains\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"18541668\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Whether Coa1 directly contacts Cox1 or acts indirectly was not determined\",\n        \"Relationship to Mss51 translational feedback was not yet established\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2010,\n      \"claim\": \"Two contemporaneous studies placed Coa1 upstream of Cox1 hemylation and within the Mss51-containing translational feedback complex, revealing that Coa1 couples COX1 translation to assembly by sequestering the translational activator Mss51 together with Cox14 and Coa3.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"Co-IP of Mss51–Coa1–Cox14–Coa3–Cox1 complexes, pulse-chase radiolabeling, and genetic epistasis with Cox10 gain-of-function alleles in yeast\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"20876281\", \"19841065\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Stoichiometry and direct binding interfaces within the Mss51-sequestering complex were not resolved\",\n        \"Whether Coa1's role extended beyond complex IV was unknown\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2019,\n      \"claim\": \"Showing that human MITRAC15/COA1 is required for ND2 translation and resides on the ribosome-nascent chain complex revealed a striking functional divergence from yeast — the mammalian ortholog participates in complex I rather than complex IV biogenesis.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"MITRAC15 knockout human cell line, ribosome-nascent chain isolation, chemical crosslinking, and metabolic labeling of mitochondrial translation products\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"31721420\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"Structural basis for COA1 recognition of the ND2 nascent chain was unknown\",\n        \"Whether COA1 also retains any complex IV function in human cells was not resolved\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": 2020,\n      \"claim\": \"Establishing COA1 as a bona fide MCIA complex subunit (alongside NDUFAF1, ECSIT, ACAD9, TMEM126B) unified its translational role with the known complex I assembly machinery, showing that loss of COA1 destabilizes the entire MCIA complex.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"CRISPR knockout, BN-PAGE, co-IP/mass spectrometry, and metabolic labeling in human cells\",\n      \"pmids\": [\"32320651\"],\n      \"confidence\": \"High\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"How COA1 is recruited to the mitoribosome during ND2 translation is not structurally resolved\",\n        \"Whether COA1 loss causes disease in humans has not been demonstrated\",\n        \"The precise handoff mechanism from COA1 to ACAD9 on the ND2 polypeptide is unknown\"\n      ]\n    },\n    {\n      \"year\": null,\n      \"claim\": \"The structural basis for COA1's chaperone-like activity on nascent mitochondrial subunits, the molecular determinants of its evolutionary switch from complex IV to complex I assembly between yeast and mammals, and whether COA1 mutations cause human mitochondrial disease remain unresolved.\",\n      \"evidence\": \"\",\n      \"pmids\": [],\n      \"confidence\": \"Medium\",\n      \"gaps\": [\n        \"No high-resolution structure of COA1 alone or in the MCIA complex\",\n        \"No Mendelian disease association established for COA1\",\n        \"Mechanism of functional divergence between yeast Coa1 (complex IV) and human COA1 (complex I) is unexplained\"\n      ]\n    }\n  ],\n  \"mechanism_profile\": {\n    \"molecular_activity\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0044183\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [5, 6]}\n    ],\n    \"localization\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"GO:0005739\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 2, 5, 6]}\n    ],\n    \"pathway\": [\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1852241\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 1, 2, 5, 6]},\n      {\"term_id\": \"R-HSA-1430728\", \"supporting_discovery_ids\": [0, 5, 6]}\n    ],\n    \"complexes\": [\n      \"MCIA complex\",\n      \"Mss51-Cox14-Coa3-Cox1 complex\"\n    ],\n    \"partners\": [\n      \"NDUFAF1\",\n      \"ECSIT\",\n      \"ACAD9\",\n      \"TMEM126B\",\n      \"MSS51\",\n      \"COX14\",\n      \"COA3\",\n      \"SHY1\"\n    ],\n    \"other_free_text\": []\n  }\n}\n```"}