X-ray structure of a mammalian stearoyl-CoA desaturase.
Bai, Y., McCoy, J.G., Levin, E.J., Sobrado, P., Rajashankar, K.R., Fox, B.G., Zhou, M.(2015) Nature 524: 252-256
- PubMed: 26098370 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature14549
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
4YMK - PubMed Abstract: 
Stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD) is conserved in all eukaryotes and introduces the first double bond into saturated fatty acyl-CoAs. Because the monounsaturated products of SCD are key precursors of membrane phospholipids, cholesterol esters and triglyc ...