title: The discovery of an uncoupling mitochondrial protein in plants.
abstract: This paper describes peculiar properties of plant mitochondria and summarizes the experiments that led to the discovery of an uncoupling protein in these mitochondria. Recent advances in the study of the biochemical and physiological properties as well as on genes encoding plant uncoupling proteins are described in articles by Borecky et al., Jezek et al., and Jarmuszkiewicz et al. in this issue.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia Clinica, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil. anibal@unicamp.br
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Vercesi
mesh_terms: D002001:Adipose Tissue, Brown / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007473:Ion Channels; D008564:Membrane Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism*; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D007473:Ion Channels; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D024101:Mitochondrial Proteins; D010940:Plant Proteins; D000071256:Uncoupling Protein 1