MeSH definition : A dimeric protein found in liver peroxisomes that plays an important role in FATTY
ACID metabolism and steroid metabolism. The dimer is formed by cleavage of a single
protein precursor and contains an enoyl-CoA hydratase-2 domain and a second domain
that displays (S)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and 17-beta-estradiol dehydrogenase
activities. The enzyme is stereospecific with regards to arrangement of the substrate
double bonds and position of the 3-hydroxy group of the reaction intermediate. It
is complemented by PEROXISOMAL BIFUNCTIONAL ENZYME, which has the opposite reaction
stereospecificity.;
A dimeric protein found in liver peroxisomes that plays an important role in FATTY
ACID metabolism and steroid metabolism. The dimer is formed by cleavage of a single
protein precursor and contains an enoyl-CoA hydratase-2 domain and a second domain
that displays (S)-3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase and 17-beta-estradiol dehydrogenase
activities. The enzyme is stereospecific with regards to arrangement of the substrate
double bonds and position of the 3-hydroxy group of the reaction intermediate. It
is complemented by PEROXISOMAL BIFUNCTIONAL ENZYME, which has the opposite reaction
stereospecificity.