The crystal structure of dienoyl-CoA isomerase at 1.5 A resolution reveals the importance of aspartate and glutamate sidechains for catalysis.
Modis, Y., Filppula, S.A., Novikov, D.K., Norledge, B., Hiltunen, J.K., Wierenga, R.K.(1998) Structure 6: 957-970
- PubMed: 9739087 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(98)00098-7
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1DCI - PubMed Abstract: 
The degradation of unsaturated fatty acids is vital to all living organisms. Certain unsaturated fatty acids must be catabolized via a pathway auxiliary to the main beta-oxidation pathway. Dienoyl-coenzyme A (dienoyl-CoA) isomerase catalyzes one step of this auxiliary pathway, the isomerization of 3-trans,5-cis-dienoyl-CoA to 2-trans,4-trans-dienoyl-CoA, and is imported into both mitochondria and peroxisomes. Dienoyl-CoA isomerase belongs to a family of CoA-binding proteins that share the enoyl-CoA hydratase/isomerase sequence motif.
Organizational Affiliation: 
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany.