Background
This gene encodes a member of the hydratase/isomerase superfamily. The protein encoded is a key mitochondrial enzyme involved in beta-oxidation of unsaturated fatty acids. It catalyzes the transformation of 3-cis and 3-trans-enoyl-CoA esters arising during the stepwise degradation of cis-, mono-, and polyunsaturated fatty acids to the 2-trans-enoyl-CoA intermediates. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described.
Synonyms
ECI1; enoyl-CoA delta isomerase 1; DCI, dodecenoyl CoA isomerase , dodecenoyl Coenzyme A delta isomerase (3,2 trans enoyl Coenzyme A isomerase); enoyl-CoA delta isomerase 1, mitochondrial; 3; 2 trans enoyl CoA isomerase; dodecenoyl-CoA isomerase; D3,D2-enoyl-CoA isomerase; acetylene-allene isomerase; 3,2 trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase; delta3, delta2-enoyl-CoA isomerase; 3,2 trans-enoyl-Coenzyme A isomerase; delta(3),Delta(2)-enoyl-CoA isomerase; 3,2-trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase, mitochondrial; dodecenoyl-CoA delta isomerase (3,2 trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase); dodecenoyl-Coenzyme A delta isomerase (3,2 trans-enoyl-Coenzyme A isomerase); DCI