“…While they are all believed to employ the ‘twisted amide’ mechanism of catalysis, as is seen with prolyl isomerization in water, the cyclophilins (Eisenmesser et al , 2002; Hur and Bruice, 2002) and parvulins (Ranganathan et al , 1997) achieve this through the use of near attack conformers, whereas the FKBPs use hydrophobic distortion (Harrison and Stein, 1992; Hur and Bruice, 2002). They are found widely distributed in eukaryotes, prokaryotes and archaea (Galat, 1993, 1999; Galat and Metcalfe, 1995; He et al , 2004; Ivery, 2000; Maruyama and Furuani, 2000; Rulten et al , 1999), implying that their function is required in cellular processes from bacteria to man, and in all the major compartments of the cell (Bose et al , 1994; Halestrap and Davidson, 1990; Handschumacher et al , 1984; Jin and Burakoff, 1993; Lu et al , 1996; Nigam et al , 1993; Siekierka et al , 1989; Uchida et al , 1999; Wang et al , 1996).…”