Mitochondria of adult human brown adipose tissue contain a 32 000-Mr uncoupling protein
Bouillaud, F.; Combes-George, M.; Ricquier, D.
Bioscience Reports 3(8): 775-780
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0144-8463 PMID: 6626710 DOI: 10.1007/bf01120989
Accession: 043659448
Using both immunohistological study and photoaffinity labelling with radioactive azido-ATP, evidence is presented that the mitochondrial membranes of the brown adipose tissue of the human adult contain a 32 000-Mr uncoupling protein, which is probably similar to the uncoupling protein of BAT of rodents.
