Gene Information
Gene NameUCP3
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length312
Protein NamesMitochondrial uncoupling protein 3 (UCP 3) (Solute carrier family 25 member 9)
Target Namemitochondrial uncoupling protein 3
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age382 ( ENSG00000175564 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP55916
Gene CardUCP3
Uniprot IDP55916
PfamPF00153
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.373493864)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ UCP3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ UCP3 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ UCP3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ UCP3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Ucp3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ UCP3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Ucp3 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ UCP3 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsUCP1
ParalogsSLC25A23, SLC25A35, SLC25A38, SLC25A12, SLC25A11, SLC25A22, SLC25A29, SLC25A21, SLC25A48, SLC25A42, SLC25A3, SLC25A28, UCP2, UCP1, SLC25A34, SLC25A15, SLC25A32, SLC25A53, SLC25A4, SLC25A40, SLC25A10, SLC25A18, SLC25A24, SLC25A44, SLC25A31, SLC25A5, SLC25A39, SLC25A36, SLC25A14, SLC25A27, SLC25A1, SLC25A41, SLC25A43, SLC25A47, SLC25A20, SLC25A37, SLC25A13, SLC25A33, SLC25A25, SLC25A26, SLC25A6, SLC25A45, SLC25A2, SLC25A51, SLC25A52, SLC25A30, SLC25A19, SLC25A16, SLC25A17
Tissueskeletal.muscle, artery, penis
Tissue SpecificityOnly in skeletal muscle and heart. Is more expressed in glycolytic than in oxidative skeletal muscles. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:9196039}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs8179180  rs17848368  rs2229707 
Subcellular location [CC]Mitochondrion inner membrane {ECO:0000250};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250}.
Mouse PG classificationLPG
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