List of original articles

This thesis is based on the following articles, which are referred to in the text by their Roman numerals:

I Gurvitz A, Mursula AM, Firzinger A, Hamilton B, Kilpeläinen SH, Hartig A, Ruis H, Hiltunen JK & Rottensteiner H (1998) Peroxisomal Δ3-cis2-trans-enoyl-CoA isomerase encoded by ECI1 is required for growth of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae on unsaturated fatty acids. J Biol Chem 273: 31366-31374.

II Mursula AM, van Aalten DMF, Modis Y, Hiltunen JK & Wierenga RK (2000) Crystallization and X-ray diffraction analysis of peroxisomal Δ32-enoyl-CoA isomerase from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Acta Cryst D56: 1020-1023.

III Mursula AM, van Aalten DMF, Hiltunen JK & Wierenga RK (2001) The crystal structure of Δ32-enoyl-CoA isomerase. J Mol Biol 309: 845-853.

IV Mursula AM, Geerlof A, Hiltunen JK & Wierenga RK (200X) Structural studies on Δ32-enoyl-CoA isomerase: the variable mode of assembly of the trimeric disks of the crotonase superfamily. Manuscript.