Table 1

Summary of the known members of the uncoupling protein family

Class
Protein
Species
Common name
Accession number*

UCP1
BtUCP1
Bos taurus
Cow
P10861

CfUCP1
Canis familiaris
Dog
Q9GMZ1

HsUCP1
Homo sapiens
Human
P25874

RmUCP1
Macaca mulatta
Rhesus macaque
Q9N1E0

MaUCP1
Mesocricetus auratus
Syrian hamster
P04575

MmUCP1
Mus musculus
Mouse
P12242

OcUCP1
Oryctolagus cuniculus
Rabbit
P14271

PsUCP1
Phodopus sungorus
Siberian hamster
Q9ER18

RnUCP1
Rattus norvegicus
Rat
P04633
UCP2
BtUCP2
Bos taurus
Cow
Q9XSE1

BrUCP2
Brachydanio rerio
Zebrafish
Q9W720

CfUCP2
Canis familiaris
Dog
Q9N2J1

CcUCP2
Cyprinus carpio
Common carp
Q9W725

HsUCP2
Homo sapiens
Human
P55851

RmUCP2
Macaca mulatta
Rhesus macaque
AF202130†‡

MmUCP2
Mus musculus
Mouse
P70406

PsUCP2
Phodopus sungorus
Siberian hamster
Q9ER17

RnUCP2
Rattus norvegicus
Rat
P56500

SsUCP2
Sus scrofa
Pig
O97562
UCP3
BtUCP3
Bos taurus
Cow
O77792

CfUCP3
Canis familiaris
Dog
Q9N2I9

EmUCP3
Eupetomena macroura
Hummingbird
Q98T90

GgUCP3
Gallus gallus
Chicken
Q9DDT7

HsUCP3
Homo sapiens
Human
P55916

MmUCP3
Macaca mulatta
Rhesus macaque
Q9N1D8

MgUCP3
Meleagris gallopavo
Common turkey
Q90X50

MmUCP3
Mus musculus
Mouse
P56501

PsUCP3
Phodopus sungorus
Siberian hamster
Q9ER16

RnUCP3
Rattus norvegicus
Rat
P56499

SsUCP3
Sus scrofa
Pig
O97649
UCP4
HsUCP4
Homo sapiens
Human
O95847

RnUCP4
Rattus norvegicus
Rat
Q9EPH6
BMCP1
HsBMCP1
Homo sapiens
Human
O95258

MmBMCP1
Mus musculus
Mouse
Q9Z2B2

RnBMCP1
Rattus norvegicus
Rat
Q9JMH0
Plant UCP
AtUCP1
Arabidopsis thaliana
Mouse-ear cress
O65623

AtUCP2
Arabidopsis thaliana
Mouse-ear cress
Q9ZWG1

LeUCP
Lycopersicom esculentum
Tomato
AF472619

OsUCP1
Oryza sativa
Rice
Q9AVG2

OsUCP2
Oryza sativa
Rice
Q9AVG1

StUCP
Solanum tuberosum
Potato
O24391

SrUCP
Symplocarpus renifolius
Cabbage
Q9MBE7

TaUCP
Triticum aestivum
Wheat
Q9FXQ5

ZmUCP
Zea mays
Maize
AF461732
UCP?
PmUCP?
Pagrus major
Red sea bream
AF487341†‡

*All accession numbers are for SWISS-PROT/TrEMBL [40], unless noted otherwise. Only partial sequence is known; sequence deposited in GenBank [41].

Ledesma et al. Genome Biology 2002 3:reviews3015.1   doi:10.1186/gb-2002-3-12-reviews3015