5.3.3.2 Isopentenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate - - 5.3.3.2 Isopentenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate catalytic mechanism in which a cysteine initiates the reaction by protonating the carbon-carbon double bond, with the antarafacial rearrangement ultimately achieved by one of the glutamates involved in the metal coordination sphere 650979 5.3.3.2 Isopentenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate in the rate determining step, the C2-H bond of isopentenyl diphosphate is cleaved. General acid/base catalysis may be involved during turnover 690929 5.3.3.2 Isopentenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate interconversion of substrate is catalyzed by a stereoselective antarafacial [1.3] transposition of a proton involving residues C87, E149, W197 and Y137 681413 5.3.3.2 Isopentenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate reaction involves protonation and deprotonation of the isoprenoid unit and proceeds through a carbocationic transition state. Glu116/Tyr104 and Cys67 are involved in the antarafacial addition/elimination of protons during isomerization 652367 5.3.3.2 Isopentenyl diphosphate = dimethylallyl diphosphate the mechanism of isomerizaion reaction involves protonation of the unactivated carbon-carbon double bond in the substrate, Glu116 is involved in the protonation step and Cys67 is involved in the elimination step 653840