Reconstitution of novel mitochondrial uncoupling proteins, human UCP2 and UCP3, expressed in yeast, was performed to characterize fatty acid (FA)-induced H+ efflux in the resulted proteoliposomes. We now demonstrate for the first time that representatives of physiologically abundant long chain FAs, saturated or unsaturated, activate H+ translocation in UCP2- and UCP3-proteoliposomes. Efficiency of lauric, palmitic or linoleic acid was roughly the same, but oleic acid induced faster H+ uniport. We have confirmed that ATP and GTP inhibit such FA-induced H+ uniport mediated by UCP2 and UCP3. Coenzyme Q10 did not further significantly activate the observed H+ efflux. In conclusion, careful instant reconstitution yields intact functional recombinant proteins, UCP2 and UCP3, the activity of which is comparable with UCP1.
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February 01 2002
Reconstitution of Novel Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins UCP2 and UCP3
Markéta Žáčkova;
Markéta Žáčkova
1Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220, Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Petr Ježek
Petr Ježek
2Depart. No. 375, Membrane Transport Biophysics, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Vídeňská 1083, 14220 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
Online ISSN: 1573-4935
Print ISSN: 0144-8463
© 2002 Plenum Publishing Corporation
2002
Biosci Rep (2002) 22 (1): 33–46.
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Markéta Žáčkova, Petr Ježek; Reconstitution of Novel Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins UCP2 and UCP3. Biosci Rep 1 February 2002; 22 (1): 33–46. doi: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016009022186
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