X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Brown adipose tissue


Baby fat

Brown adipose tissue, a heat-generating type of tissue present in infants

Brown adipose tissue

This energy is used to synthesize ATP when the protons flow across the membrane (down their concentration gradient) through the ATP synthase enzyme; this is known as chemiosmosis.



see also

Triiodothyronine

# Type II present in CNS, pituitary, brown adipose tissue, and heart vessel.