... similarity to UCP1 have been found in plants and other animals, including invertebrates, making up a distinctUCP protein family within the larger mitochondrial carrierprotein superfamily. The functions ... been reported in birds, nor UCP1 in sauropsids. These proteins have a singleortholog in invertebrates (it has been reported in, forexample, a deuterostome (the sea urchin), but not in thefully ... duplicated intoUCP1 and the common ancestor of UCP2-3, whichsubsequently duplicated into UCP2 and UCP3. Each of thethree paralogs is found in fish, amphibians, and mammals.Strikingly, UCP1 and UCP2...