Biology:ECH1

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Short description: Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


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Delta(3,5)-Delta(2,4)-dienoyl-CoA isomerase, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ECH1 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the hydratase/isomerase superfamily. The gene product shows high sequence similarity to enoyl-CoA hydratases of several species, particularly within a conserved domain characteristic of these proteins. The encoded protein, Δ3,5-Δ2,4-dienoyl-CoA isomerase, contains a C-terminal peroxisomal targeting sequence and localizes to peroxisomes. The rat ortholog, which localizes to the matrix of both the peroxisome and mitochondria, can isomerize 3-trans,5-cis-dienoyl-CoA to 2-trans,4-trans-dienoyl-CoA, indicating that it is a delta3,5-delta2,4-dienoyl-CoA isomerase. This enzyme functions in the auxiliary step of the fatty acid beta-oxidation pathway. Expression of the rat gene is induced by peroxisome proliferators.[2]

References

  1. "Isolation and characterization of rat and human cDNAs encoding a novel putative peroxisomal enoyl-CoA hydratase". Genomics 27 (3): 457–66. Nov 1995. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1077. PMID 7558027. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: ECH1 enoyl Coenzyme A hydratase 1, peroxisomal". https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=1891. 

Further reading

External links

  • Overview of all the structural information available in the PDB for UniProt: Q13011 (Delta(3,5)-Delta(2,4)-dienoyl-CoA isomerase, mitochondrial) at the PDBe-KB.