| Tissue Specificity | Only in skeletal muscle and heart. Also expressed in white and brown adipose tissues. Is more expressed in glycolytic than in oxidative skeletal muscles. |
| Function | Putative transmembrane transporter that plays a role in mitochondrial metabolism via an as yet unclear mechanism. Originally, this mitochondrial protein was thought to act as a proton transmembrane transporter from the mitochondrial intermembrane space into the matrix, causing proton leaks through the inner mitochondrial membrane, thereby uncoupling mitochondrial membrane potential generation from ATP synthesis. However, this function is controversial and uncoupling may not be the function, or at least not the main function, but rather a consequence of more conventional metabolite transporter activity. |
| Protein Name | Putative Mitochondrial Transporter Ucp3Solute Carrier Family 25 Member 9Uncoupling Protein-3Ucp 3 |
| Database Links | Reactome: R-HSA-167826 |
| Cellular Localisation | Mitochondrion Inner MembraneMulti-Pass Membrane Protein |
| Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Putative Mitochondrial Transporter Ucp3 antibodyAnti-Solute Carrier Family 25 Member 9 antibodyAnti-Uncoupling Protein-3 antibodyAnti-Ucp 3 antibodyAnti-UCP3 antibodyAnti-SLC25A9 antibody |
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