title: On the positional specificity of the oxygenation reaction catalysed by soybean lipoxygenase-1.
abstract: Lipoxygenase-1 from soybeans is incubated with an isomer of linoleic acid, 13-cis, 16-cis-octadecadienoic acid. Analysis of the oxygenation products indicates that molecular oxygen is stereospecifically introduced mainly at C-17 (n-2) of the fatty acid (in the LS-configuration), and only to a minor extent at C-13 (n-6). These findings contradict previous suggestions about the postional specificity of lipoxygenase-1.
mesh_terms: D007536:Isomerism; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013025:Glycine max; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008084:Lipoxygenase