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A plant cold-induced uncoupling protein

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  • Maryse Laloi

    (Max-Planck-Institut för Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie)

  • Mathieu Klein

    (Max-Planck-Institut för Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie)

  • Jörg W. Riesmeier

    (PlantTec Biotechnology GmbH R&D)

  • Bernd Müller-Röber

    (Max-Planck-Institut för Molekulare Pflanzenphysiologie)

  • Christophe Fleury

    (Centre de Recherches sur l'Endocrinologie Moléculaire et le Développement, CNRS)

  • Frédéric Bouillaud

    (Centre de Recherches sur l'Endocrinologie Moléculaire et le Développement, CNRS)

  • Daniel Ricquier

    (Centre de Recherches sur l'Endocrinologie Moléculaire et le Développement, CNRS)

Abstract

In mammals, body temperature can be raised by the action of uncoupling proteins (UCPs), which dissipate the proton electrochemical gradient across the inner mitochondrial membrane to produce heat rather than synthesize ATP1. Any similar mechanism of thermogenesis in plants is not so well understood. We have now identifiedcomplementary DNA from potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) that encodes a plant uncoupling protein, named StUCP, which is induced by cold treatment and so may be involved in thermoregulation in plants.

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  • Maryse Laloi & Mathieu Klein & Jörg W. Riesmeier & Bernd Müller-Röber & Christophe Fleury & Frédéric Bouillaud & Daniel Ricquier, 1997. "A plant cold-induced uncoupling protein," Nature, Nature, vol. 389(6647), pages 135-136, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:389:y:1997:i:6647:d:10.1038_38156
    DOI: 10.1038/38156
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