UCP2

UCP2
Identifiers
Aliases	UCP2, BMIQ4, SLC25A8, UCPH, uncoupling protein 2
External IDs	OMIM: 601693; MGI: 109354; HomoloGene: 2516; GeneCards: UCP2; OMA:UCP2 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 11 (human)
End	73,983,246 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 7 (mouse)
End	100,151,227 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	granulocyte; ; bronchial epithelial cell; ; right uterine tube; ; spleen; ; epithelium of nasopharynx; ; appendix; ; blood; ; trabecular bone; ; nasal epithelium; ; palpebral conjunctiva;
	Top expressed in
	blood; ; epithelium of stomach; ; granulocyte; ; lip; ; pyloric antrum; ; fetal liver hematopoietic progenitor cell; ; mucous cell of stomach; ; tibiofemoral joint; ; molar; ; mesenteric lymph nodes;
	More reference expression data
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Gene ontology
Molecular function	protein binding; oxidative phosphorylation uncoupler activity; transmembrane transporter activity;
Cellular component	cytoplasm; membrane; mitochondrial membranes; mitochondrial inner membrane; integral component of membrane; mitochondrion;
Biological process	positive regulation of cell death; response to hypoxia; response to superoxide; response to fatty acid; female pregnancy; cellular response to amino acid starvation; negative regulation of insulin secretion involved in cellular response to glucose stimulus; ageing; negative regulation of apoptotic process; response to glucose; regulation of mitochondrial membrane potential; liver regeneration; cellular response to hormone stimulus; cellular response to insulin stimulus; cellular response to glucose stimulus; response to cold; mitochondrial transmembrane transport; adaptive thermogenesis; mitochondrial transport; proton transmembrane transport; positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	7351
	22228
	ENSG00000175567
	ENSMUSG00000033685
	P55851
	P70406
	NM_003355
	NM_011671
NP_003346; NP_001368872; NP_001368873; NP_001368874; NP_001368876;
	NP_001368877; NP_001368878; NP_001368879
	NP_035801
	Wikidata
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Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the UCP2 gene.