title: Specific sequence of motifs of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins.
abstract: We have searched for the exclusivity of common sequence motifs of the mitochondrial uncoupling proteins (UCP1, UCP2, UCP3, UCP4, BMCP1, and plant UCP [PUMP]) within the gene family of mitochondrial anion carrier proteins. The UCP-specific sequences, "UCP signatures", were found in the first, second, and fourth alpha-helices. First: Ala/Ser-Cys/Thr/n-n/Phe-Ala/Gly-[negatively charged residue]-n/Phe-n/Cys-Thr-Phe/n; second: Gly/Ala-Ile/Leu-Gln/X-[positively charged residue]-NH-n/Cys-Ser/nphi/X-n/Ser-OH/Gly-n-[positively charged residue]-Ile/Met-Gly/Val-n/Thr; fourth: Pro-Asn/ Thr-n-X-[positively charged residue]-Asn/Ser/Ala-n-n-Ile/Leu-n-Asn/Val-Cys/n-n/Thr-[negatively charged residue]-n-n/Thr/Pro-OH/Val (n, nonpolar; phi, aromatic; (positively charged residue/negatively charged residue, charged residue). The second and part of the third signature are also present in the yeast dicarboxylate transporter. The UCP signature excluding BMCP1 was also found in the second matrix segment: [positively charged residue]-(Pro/ del-Leu/del)-[positively charged residue]-phi-X-Gly/Ser-Thr/n-X-NH/[negatively charged residue]-Ala-phi. These UCP signatures are thought to be involved in fatty acid anion binding and translocation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Membrane Transport Biophysics, Institute of Physiology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague. jezek@sun1.biomed.cas.cz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jezek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Urbánková
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002417:Cattle; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D006224:Cricetinae; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D051379:Mice; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D000071245:Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D017510:Protein Folding; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D033681:Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D000071245:Mitochondrial Uncoupling Proteins; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D011506:Proteins; C116584:SLC25A14 protein, human; C492124:Slc25a14 protein, mouse; C492125:Slc25a14 protein, rat; C000604371:UCP1 protein, human; C000604389:UCP2 protein, human; C000604372:Ucp1 protein, mouse; C000604373:Ucp1 protein, rat; C000604390:Ucp2 protein, mouse; C000604391:Ucp2 protein, rat; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1; D000071246:Uncoupling Protein 2