A Molecular Switch Syncs Fat Burning to the Body Clock, Our Diet and the Temperature Around Us

A molecular switch syncs fat burning to the body clock, our diet and the temperature around us

Brown fat burns fuel to make heat, and this activity is controlled by the body clock: It drops during sleep and rises before waking. But a cold morning or a skipped meal makes demands the clock never planned for. How the body keeps to a fixed energy timetable while still improvising has long been a puzzle.

How the Body Clock and Cold Team Up to Burn Fat

Scientists discover mitochondrial transporter SLC25A34 connects the body clock, cold, and diet to control brown fat burning.

Molecular switch in brown fat syncs fat-burning with body clock, diet and

Brown fat has long been celebrated as the body’s built-in furnace, a specialized tissue that burns fuel to generate heat rather than storing energy as white fat does. Its activity follows a familiar daily pattern: it ebbs during sleep and surges in the hours before waking, when the body prepares to face the day. Yet […]

Could your body clock affect how you burn fat? Study identifies key protein

A new study has identified a little-known mitochondrial protein that may connect the body clock, cold and diet to how brown fat stores and burns energy.

Mitochondrial Transporter Connects Body Clock and Diet to Fat Burning

Researchers found that SLC25A34, a little-studied protein in the mitochondria of fat cells, acts as a switch that connects the body clock, temperature, and diet to how fat cells store and spend energy. The post Mitochondrial Transporter Connects Body Clock and Diet to Fat Burning appeared first on GEN - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News.