UCP2 — Brassica oleracea

Summary

BoUCP2 (BOLC102_C02P016230.1_BOLC102_V1) on cabbage chromosome 2 encodes a protein belonging to the mitochondrial metabolite transporter family, with oxidative phosphorylation uncoupler activity, thiamine diphosphate transporter activity, thiamin permease activity, ATP/ADP exchange, amino acid permease activity, and ATP binding. The gene is associated with regulation of mitochondrial membrane permeability, mitochondrial ATP transmembrane transport, mitochondrial ADP transmembrane transport, ADP transport, amino acid membrane transport, TPP transport, purine nucleotide-sugar membrane transport, and homeostasis. It localises to the mitochondrial inner membrane, chloroplast inner membrane, amyloplast inner membrane, plasmalemma, MPTP complex, Golgi complex, and mitochondria. BoUCP2 is linked to respiration rate, photosynthetic efficiency, primary root growth, fertility, lipid peroxidation, oxidative stress tolerance, and reactive oxygen species accumulation. Studies of related genes in other species connect the family to cold tolerance, mitochondrial transport, and organic acid and amino acid levels.