Uncoupling protein in human brown adipose tissue mitochondria
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- 14 November 1983
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 163 (2), 235-240
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(83)80826-6
Abstract
A protein of M r 32000 has been isolated from human infant brown adipose tissue mitochondria following the procedure used to purify the uncoupling protein from rat brown adipose tissue mitochondria. A specific antiserum has been raised against the human 32 kDa protein, and used to detect it by probing mitochondrial proteins separated by SDS—PAGE. The protein is present in large amounts in brown adipose tissue but is undetectable in human liver, heart or white adipose tissue. It has strong immunological cross‐reactivity with rat brown adipose tissue uncoupling protein.Keywords
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