| '''Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2''' (MPC2) also known as '''brain protein 44''' (BRP44) is a [[protein]] that in humans is encoded by the ''MPC2'' [[gene]].<ref name="pmid11230166">{{cite journal | vauthors = Wiemann S, Weil B, Wellenreuther R, Gassenhuber J, Glassl S, Ansorge W, Böcher M, Blöcker H, Bauersachs S, Blum H, Lauber J, Düsterhöft A, Beyer A, Köhrer K, Strack N, Mewes HW, Ottenwälder B, Obermaier B, Tampe J, Heubner D, Wambutt R, Korn B, Klein M, Poustka A | title = Toward a catalog of human genes and proteins: sequencing and analysis of 500 novel complete protein coding human cDNAs | journal = Genome Res | volume = 11 | issue = 3 | pages = 422–35 | date = Mar 2001 | pmid = 11230166 | pmc = 311072 | doi = 10.1101/gr.GR1547R }}</ref><ref name="pmid3022128">{{cite journal | vauthors = Tsou AP, Lai C, Danielson P, Noonan DJ, Sutcliffe JG | title = Structural characterization of a heterogeneous family of rat brain mRNAs | journal = Mol Cell Biol | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | pages = 768–78 | date = Dec 1986 | pmid = 3022128 | pmc = 367577 | doi = }}</ref><ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: BRP44 brain protein 44| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=25874| accessdate = }}</ref> It is part of the [[Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier]] (MPC) [[protein family]]. <ref>http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/?query=family:%22mitochondrial+pyruvate+carrier+%28MPC%29+%28TC+2.A.105%29+family%22</ref> This protein is involved in transport of [[pyruvate]] across the inner membrane of [[mitochondria]] in preparation for the [[pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction]]. <ref>https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0050833</ref> | | '''Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier 2''' (MPC2) also known as '''brain protein 44''' (BRP44) is a [[protein]] that in humans is encoded by the ''MPC2'' [[gene]].<ref name="pmid11230166">{{cite journal | vauthors = Wiemann S, Weil B, Wellenreuther R, Gassenhuber J, Glassl S, Ansorge W, Böcher M, Blöcker H, Bauersachs S, Blum H, Lauber J, Düsterhöft A, Beyer A, Köhrer K, Strack N, Mewes HW, Ottenwälder B, Obermaier B, Tampe J, Heubner D, Wambutt R, Korn B, Klein M, Poustka A | title = Toward a catalog of human genes and proteins: sequencing and analysis of 500 novel complete protein coding human cDNAs | journal = Genome Res | volume = 11 | issue = 3 | pages = 422–35 | date = Mar 2001 | pmid = 11230166 | pmc = 311072 | doi = 10.1101/gr.GR1547R }}</ref><ref name="pmid3022128">{{cite journal | vauthors = Tsou AP, Lai C, Danielson P, Noonan DJ, Sutcliffe JG | title = Structural characterization of a heterogeneous family of rat brain mRNAs | journal = Mol Cell Biol | volume = 6 | issue = 3 | pages = 768–78 | date = Dec 1986 | pmid = 3022128 | pmc = 367577 | doi = }}</ref><ref name="entrez">{{cite web | title = Entrez Gene: BRP44 brain protein 44| url = https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=25874| accessdate = }}</ref> It is part of the [[Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier]] (MPC) [[protein family]]. <ref>https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/?query=family:%22mitochondrial+pyruvate+carrier+%28MPC%29+%28TC+2.A.105%29+family%22</ref> This protein is involved in transport of [[pyruvate]] across the inner membrane of [[mitochondria]] in preparation for the [[pyruvate dehydrogenase reaction]]. <ref>https://www.ebi.ac.uk/QuickGO/term/GO:0050833</ref> |