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Two distinct proton donors at the active site of Escherichia coli 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase are responsible for the formation of different products.
Biochemistry - 29 Jan 2008
Tu Xi, Hubbard Paul A, Kim Jung-Ja P, Schulz Horst
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NADPH-dependent 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase (DCR) is one of the auxiliary enzymes required for the beta-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. Mutants of Escherichia coli DCR were generated by site-directed mutagenesis to explore the molecular mechanism of this enzyme. The Tyr166Phe mutant, which wa...
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