The enzyme, characterized from the bacterium Streptomyces collinus, is involved in a pathway that transforms shikimate to cyclohexane-1-carbonyl-CoA by a series of dehydration and double-bond reduction steps. Most of the steps in this process occur with the carboxylic acid activated as a coenzyme A thioester. The enzyme catalyses three steps in this pathway, also acting on (3R,4R)-3,4-dihydroxycyclohexa-1,5-diene-1-carbonyl-CoA and (5S)-5-hydroxycyclohex-1-ene-1-carbonyl-CoA.
