Gene Information
Gene NameUCP1
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length307
Protein NamesMitochondrial brown fat uncoupling protein 1 (UCP 1) (Solute carrier family 25 member 7) (Thermogenin)
Target Namemitochondrial uncoupling protein 1
Target TypeClinical trial target
Gene Age645 ( ENSG00000109424 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP25874
Gene CardUCP1
Uniprot IDP25874
PfamPF00153
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionyes (0.205226771)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ UCP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ UCP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ UCP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ UCP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Ucp1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Ucp1 ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ UCP1 ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsUCP3, UCP2
ParalogsSLC25A23, SLC25A35, SLC25A38, SLC25A12, SLC25A11, SLC25A22, SLC25A29, UCP3, SLC25A21, SLC25A48, SLC25A42, SLC25A3, SLC25A28, UCP2, 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
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityBrown adipose tissue. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:3165741}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs45539933  rs2270565 
Subcellular location [CC]Mitochondrion inner membrane {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P12242};
Multi-pass membrane protein {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P04633}.
Mouse PG classificationLPG
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