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Fields of interest:

• Molecular cell physiology and bioenergetics
• Transport of ions across biological membranes, including the properties, regulation, and physiological functions of ion transport mediated by mitochondrial cation and anion transport systems

Recent publications:

V. Beck, M. Jabůrek, T. Demina, A. Rupprecht, R.K. Porter, P. Ježek and E.E. Pohl:
Polyunsaturated fatty acids activate human uncoupling proteins 1 and 2 in planar lipid bilayers,
FASEB J., Vol. 21, (2007), pp. 1137-1144.

M. Jabůrek, A.D. Costa, J.R. Burton, C.L. Costa and K.D. Garlid:
Mitochondrial PKC epsilon and mitochondrial ATP-sensitive K+ channel copurify and coreconstitute to form a functioning signaling module in proteoliposomes,
Circ. Res., Vol. 99, (2006), pp. 878-883.

P. Ježek, T. Špacek, K.D. Garlid and M. Jabůrek:
Undecanesulfonate does not allosterically activate H+ uniport mediated by uncoupling protein-1 in brown adipose tissue mitochondria,
Int. J. Biochem. Cell. Biol., Vol. 38, (2006), pp. 1965-1974.

V. Beck, M. Jabůrek, E.P. Breen, R.K. Porter, P. Ježek and E.E. Pohl:
A new automated technique for the reconstitution of hydrophobic proteins into planar bilayer membranes. Studies of human recombinant uncoupling protein 1,
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Vol. 1757, (2006), pp. 474-479.

A.D. Costa, C.L. Quinlan, A. Andrukhiv, I.C. West, M. Jabůrek and K.D. Garlid:
The direct physiological effects of mitoKATP opening on heart mitochondria,
Am. J. Physiol. Heart. Circ. Physiol., Vol. 290, (2006), pp. H406-415.

P. Paucek and M. Jabůrek:
Kinetics and ion specificity of Na+/Ca2+ exchange mediated by the reconstituted beef heart mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ antiporter,
Biochim. Biophys. Acta, Vol. 1659, (2004), pp. 83-91.

M. Jabůrek, S. Miyamoto, P. Di Mascio, K.D. Garlid and P. Ježek:
Hydroperoxy fatty acid cycling mediated by mitochondrial uncoupling protein UCP2,
J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 279, (2004), pp. 53097-53102.

P. Ježek, M. Žáčková, M. Růžička, E. Škobisová and M. Jabůrek:
Mitochondrial uncoupling proteins – facts and fantasies,
Physiol. Res., Vol. 53, (2004), pp. S199-211.