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    An uncoupling protein (UCP) is a mitochondrial inner membrane protein that is a regulated proton channel or transporter. An uncoupling protein is thus...
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    Thermogenin (called uncoupling protein by its discoverers and now known as uncoupling protein 1, or UCP1) is a mitochondrial carrier protein found in brown...
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  • An uncoupler or uncoupling agent is a molecule that disrupts oxidative phosphorylation in prokaryotes and mitochondria or photophosphorylation in chloroplasts...
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    Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC25A27 gene. Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCP) are members of...
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    UCP2 (redirect from Uncoupling protein two)
    Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UCP2 gene. Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCP) are members of the...
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    membrane. Uncoupling proteins transfer anions from the inner mitochondrial membrane to the outer mitochondrial membrane, thereby separating (or uncoupling) oxidative...
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  • Look up uncouple, uncoupler, or uncoupling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Uncoupling or uncouple may refer to: Uncoupling (neuropsychopharmacology)...
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    Ferrochelatase Uncoupling protein Citric acid cycle Proton gradient Mitochondrial trifunctional protein Mitochondrial shuttle Transport proteins Mannella CA...
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  • adipose tissue has a unique uncoupling protein (thermogenin, also known as uncoupling protein 1) that allows the uncoupling of protons (H+) moving down...
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  • to be genetically programmed and dependent on expression levels of uncoupling protein-2 (UCP-2) in HeLa cells. An increase in UCP-2 levels leads to a rapid...
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    mitochondria. An uncoupling protein known as thermogenin is expressed in some cell types and is a channel that can transport protons. When this protein is active...
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    Oxidative phosphorylation (category Integral membrane proteins)
    In brown adipose tissue, regulated proton channels called uncoupling proteins can uncouple respiration from ATP synthesis. This rapid respiration produces...
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    by "uncoupling" the respiratory chain of oxidative phosphorylation within mitochondria through tissue-specific expression of uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1)...
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    to the plant at times due to its typical features of the uncoupling protein. Uncoupling protein plays a role in the production of energy to become heat...
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  • cellular respiration called thermogenesis. Alternative oxidase and uncoupling proteins similar to those found in mammals enable the process, which is still...
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    for the protons exists through an uncoupling protein in the inner membrane. This protein, known as uncoupling protein 1 (thermogenin), facilitates the...
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    experiments have shown that genipin blocks the action of the transporter uncoupling protein 2. Ramos-de-la-Peña, A.M.; Renard, C.M.G.C.; Montañez, J.; Reyes-Vega...
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    dissipation of the mitochondrial gradient as heat via an uncoupling protein, thereby "uncoupling" the gradient from its usual function of driving ATP production...
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    thermogenesis occurs in the brown fat, which contains the uncoupling protein thermogenin. This protein decreases the proton gradient generated in oxidative...
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  • production. However, in specific cases, uncoupling the two processes may be biologically useful. The uncoupling protein, thermogenin—present in the inner mitochondrial...
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    mitochondrial uncoupling. This process is due to facilitated diffusion of protons into the mitochondrial matrix through an uncoupling protein such as thermogenin...
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    mitochondrial membrane protein specific for brown adipocytes, later named UCP (uncoupling protein) and identified by David Nicholls as the protein responsible for...
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    a uncoupling protein-1-independent manner: involvement of antiadipogenic mechanism and extracellularly regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase...
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    demonstrated to activate the ERK2 pathway after arrestin-mediated uncoupling of G-protein-mediated signaling. Therefore, it seems likely that some mechanisms...
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    dynamics. It has been found that in breast muscle, ATP production genes (uncoupling protein, UCP; nuclear factor erythroid 2 like 2, NFE2L2) and a dynamics gene...
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    mitochondrial carrier protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC25A14 gene. Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCP) are members of the...
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  • vasoconstriction. There may also be differences in people in the expression of uncoupling proteins, thus affecting their amount of thermogenesis. Psychology may also...
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    factor, proteolysis-inducing factor, and mitochondrial uncoupling proteins may induce protein degradation and contribute to cachexia. Uncontrolled inflammation...
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    Committee. Mehta, Suresh (2009). "Neuroprotective role of mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 in cerebral stroke". Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism...
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