Fig. 3.
Functional characterization of transport reactions catalyzed by recombinant UCP2. (A) Uptake of radioactive substrates into liposomes reconstituted with recombinant UCP2 and UCP1 and containing the same unlabeled substrate (n = 3). (B) Efflux of labeled substrates from preloaded proteoliposomes (n = 3). (C) 33Pi/Pi exchange activity in liposomes reconstituted with yeast mitochondrial extracts (n = 3). (D) Swelling of yeast mitochondria in isosmotic ammonium solutions of various anions. (E) Effect of FCCP on 33Pi/malate and l-[14C]malate/malate exchange reactions in proteoliposomes reconstituted with UCP2. FCCP (5 μM) was added together with the labeled substrate (n = 5). All error bars denote ±SEM (*P < 0.0006, t test).