Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins D000071245

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Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Carrier Proteins » Membrane Transport Proteins » Solute Carrier Proteins » Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins

Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Membrane Proteins » Membrane Transport Proteins » Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins » Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins

Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Membrane Proteins » Membrane Transport Proteins » Solute Carrier Proteins » Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins

Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12] » Proteins » Mitochondrial Proteins » Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins » Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins

Description

Mitochondrial anion carrier proteins that function as dimers and form proton channels in the INNER MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE which creates proton leaks and uncouples OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION from ATP synthesis, resulting in the generation of heat instead of ATP.   MeSH

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