In plants, epoxygenated fatty acids (EFAs) are constituents of oil seeds as well as defence molecules and components of biopolymers (cutin, suberin). While the pleiotropic biological activities of mammalian EFAs have been well documented, there is a paucity of information on the physiological relevance of plant EFAs and their biosynthesis. Potential candidates for EFA formation are caleosin‐type peroxygenases which catalyze the epoxidation of unsaturated fatty acids in the presence of hydroperoxides as co‐oxidants. However, the caleosins characterized so far, which are mostly localized in seeds, are poor epoxidases. In sharp contrast, quantitative RT‐PCR analysis revealed that PXG4, a class II caleosin gene, is expressed in roots, stems, leaves and flowers of Arabidopsis. Expressed in yeast, PXG4 encodes a calcium‐dependent membrane‐associated hemoprotein able to catalyze typical peroxygenase reactions. Moreover, we show here that purified recombinant PXG4 is an efficient fatty acid epoxygenase, catalyzing the oxidation of cis double bonds of unsaturated fatty acids. Physiological linoleic and linolenic acids proved to be the preferred substrates for PXG4; they are oxidized into the different positional isomers of the monoepoxides and into diepoxides. An important regioselectivity was observed; the C‐12,13 double bond of these unsaturated fatty acids being the least favored unsaturation epoxidized by PXG4, linolenic acid preferentially yielded the 9,10‐15,16‐diepoxide. Remarkably, PXG4 catalyzes exclusively the formation of (R),(S)‐epoxide enantiomers, which is the absolute stereochemistry of the epoxides found in planta. These findings pave the way for the study of the functional role of EFAs and caleosins in plants.
Iio, Toshihiro; Yoden, Kazuaki; Tabata, Toshikazu, Chemical and pharmaceutical bulletin, 1987, vol. 35, # 12, p. 5015 - 5019
The present invention relates to intralipid-iodine and intralipid-iodine compounds for use in imaging and therapy.
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公开(公告)日:1994-01-04
Role of structure and pH in cyclization of allene oxide fatty acids: Implications for the reaction mechanism
作者:Alexander N Grechkin、Ivan R Chechetkin、Lucia S Mukhtarova、Mats Hamberg
DOI:10.1016/s0009-3084(02)00107-x
日期:2002.12
electrocyclization of 18:2-allene oxides and thus the yield of cyclopentenones. The well-known cyclization of the homoallylic alleneoxide (12,13-EOT) derived from alpha-linolenic acid 13-hydroperoxide (E,Z-13-HPOT) into cis-12-oxo-10,15-phytodienoic acid was suppressed at pH below neutral and was not observable at pH 4.5. In contrast, cyclization of the alleneoxide ((9E)-12,13-EOD) derived from (E