The function of CYBB (cytochrome b-245 beta chain, ENSG00000165168) is as follows. Catalytic subunit of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase complex that mediates the transfer of electrons from cytosolic NADPH to O2 to produce the superoxide anion (O2(-)) (PubMed:15338276, PubMed:36241643, PubMed:36413210, PubMed:38355798). In the activated complex, electrons are first transferred from NADPH to flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) and subsequently transferred via two heme molecules to molecular oxygen, producing superoxide through an outer-sphere reaction (Probable) (PubMed:38355798). Activation of the NADPH oxidase complex is initiated by the assembly of cytosolic subunits of the NADPH oxidase complex with the core NADPH oxidase complex to form a complex at the plasma membrane or phagosomal membrane (PubMed:19028840, PubMed:38355798). This activation process is initiated by phosphorylation dependent binding of the cytosolic NCF1/p47-phox subunit to the C-terminus of CYBA/p22-phox (By similarity). NADPH oxidase complex assembly is impaired through interaction with NRROS (By similarity). {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P13498, ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q61093, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15338276, ECO:0000269|PubMed:19028840, ECO:0000269|PubMed:36241643, ECO:0000269|PubMed:36413210, ECO:0000269|PubMed:38355798, ECO:0000305|PubMed:36241643}.