“…Indeed, when maximally recruited, as during exercise or an intense bout of shivering, muscle can account for up to 90% of whole-body oxygen uptake, an indirect measure of heat production (Stainsby & Lambert, 1979;Zurlo et al, 1990). During muscle contraction, heat is generated by the hydrolysis of ATP from three different ATPases: myosin ATPase (Stewart et al, 2010;Cooke, 2011;Little & Seebacher, 2013), which performs the contractile work, and SERCA (Block, 1994;Dumonteil, Barre & Meissner, 1995;Simonides et al, 2001;Morrissette, Franck & Block, 2003;de Meis, Arruda & Carvalho, 2005;Arruda et al, 2007;Kjelstrup et al, 2008;Bal et al, 2012;Inesi & Tadini-Buoninsegni, 2013;Little & Seebacher, 2013;Sahoo et al, 2013) and Na + /K + ATPase (Guernsey & Morishige, 1979;Muller & Seitz, 1984;Herpin, McBride & Bayley, 1987;Kelly & McBride, 1990;Rolfe & Brown, 1997;Karbowski, 2009), which reset resting ion gradients and membrane potential. To sustain these processes, ATP generation must be increased to match demand.…”