title: Mechanism of reaction of fatty acid hydroperoxides with soybean peroxygenase.
abstract: 13(S)-Hydroperoxyoctadeca-9(Z),11(E),15(Z)-trienoic acid (13-HPOT) was used to probe the mechanism of the hydroperoxide O-O bond cleavage catalyzed by solubilized and partially purified soybean peroxygenase. When reacted with this ferrihemoprotein, it was converted to 13(S)-hydroxyoctadeca-9(Z),11(E), 15(Z)-trienoic acid (13-HOT) and a single epoxide regio-isomer, i.e. 15,16-cis-epoxy-13(S)-hydroxyoctadeca-9(Z),11(E)-dienoic acid (15,16-EHOD). In the absence of co-oxidizable substrates, such as oleic acid or thiobenzamide, this latter compound accounted for about two-thirds of the reaction products. 13-HOT and 15,16-EHOD are products of heterolytic scission of the O-O bond of 13-HPOT; no products arising by homolytic scission could be detected. Therefore, soybean peroxygenase catalyzes hydroperoxide reduction exclusively by a heterolytic mechanism leading to a ferryl-oxo complex analogous to peroxidase compound I. In similar experiments, 13(S)-hydroperoxyoctadeca-9(Z),11(E)-dienoic acid gave 13(S)-hydroxyoctadeca-9(Z),11(E)-dienoic acid and 9,10 epoxy-13(S)-hydroxyoctadec-11(E)-enoic acid. Experiments with 18O-labeled 13-HPOT indicated that about 83% of the oxygen atom incorporated into the epoxide group of 15,16-EHOD, originated from the hydroperoxide group. Moreover, using mixtures of unlabeled and 18O-labeled 13-HPOT, it was established that this transfer takes place predominantly (about 3:1) by an intramolecular process. In the intermolecular reaction 13-HOT, formed after reduction of the hydroperoxide, diffuses from the active site and, after reassociation, is epoxidized at the 15,16-double bond. A unifying mechanistic scheme, which takes into account all of the reactions catalyzed by the peroxygenase, is proposed.
authors.affiliation: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UPR 406, Département d'Enzymologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Institut de Botanique, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blée
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wilcox
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Marnett
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schuber
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D008042:Linolenic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism; D012995:Solubility; D013025:Glycine max / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D008042:Linolenic Acids; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; C057375:13-hydroperoxy-9,11,15-octadecatrienoic acid; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C022333:peroxygenase; D010100:Oxygen