title: Production of 3R-hydroxy-polyenoic fatty acids by the yeast Dipodascopsis uninucleata.
abstract: Various fatty acids were fed to the yeast Dipodascopsis uninucleata UOFS Y 128, and the extracted samples were analyzed for the accumulation of 3-hydroxy metabolites with the help of electron impact gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Fatty acids containing of 5Z,8Z-diene system (5Z,8Z,11Z-eicosatrienoic, 5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoic, and 5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z,17Z-eicosapentaenoic acids) yielded the corresponding 3-hydroxy-all-Z-eicosapolyenoic acids. Moreover, linoleic acid (9Z,12Z-octadecadienoic acid) and 11Z,14Z,17Z-eicosatrienoic acid were converted to the 3-hydorxylated metabolites of shorter chain length, e,g., 3-hydroxy-5Z,8Z-tetradecadienoic acid and 3-hydroxy-5Z,8Z,11Z-tetradecatrienoic acid, respectively. In contrast, no accumulation of a 3-hydroxy metabolite was observed with oleic acid (9Z-octadecenoic acid), linolelaidic acid (9E,12E-octadecadienoic acid), gamma-linolenic acid (6Z,9Z,12Z-octadecatrienoic acid), and eicosanoic acid as substrate. These findings pinpoint that the 3-hydroxylation of a fatty acid in Dipodascopsis uninucleata requires a 5Z,8Z-diene system either directly or following initial incomplete beta-oxidation. Following analysis of the enantiomer composition, the arachidonic acid metabolite was identified as 3R-hydroxy-5Z,8Z,11Z,14Z-eicosatetraenoic acid, which rules out a normal beta-oxidation as biosynthetic route to this new class of oxylipins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology & Biochemistry, University of Orange Free State Bloemfontein, South Africa.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venter
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Kock
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Botha
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Coetzee
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Botes
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Bhatt
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Falck
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schewe
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nigam
mesh_terms: D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D001203:Ascomycota / Q000378:metabolism*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D006900:Hydroxylation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D006893:Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic Acids; C069265:3-hydroxy-5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acid