title: Desaturation of trans-octadecenoyl-acyl carrier protein by stearoyl-acyl carrier protein delta9 desaturase.
abstract: Positional isomers of mono-unsaturated 18:1-ACP have been used as substrates for stearoyl-acyl carrier protein delta9 desaturase to test whether a C-H bond abstraction from either the C-9 or C-10 position could lead to rearranged products diagnostic for the production of an allylic radical intermediate. The reconstituted enzyme complex was able to desaturate trans-delta11-18:1-ACP and trans-delta7-18:1-ACP, but not trans-delta9-18:1-ACP, or any of the corresponding cis-isomers. Enzymatic desaturation of trans-delta11-18:1-ACP gave a single product, cis-delta9,trans-delta11-18:2-ACP, as characterized by gas chromatography-electron ionization mass spectrometry of the molecular ions, the fragmentation products of pyrrolidide and 4,4-dimethyloxazoline derivatives, and by comparison of chromatographic retention times with authentic standards. Reaction of trans-delta7-18:1-ACP gave two enzymic products, trans-delta7,cis-delta9-18:2 (approximately 80%) and trans-delta7,cis-delta11-18:2 (approximately 20%). The major product was likely formed in a reaction identical to that of 18:0-ACP desaturation, while the minor product was likely formed by alternative placement of the C-10 and C-11 positions of the substrate analog in a cis configuration relative to the diiron oxidant. Since none of the products observed are indicative of rearrangements originating with an allylic radical, a discussion of the origins and possible implications of these results is presented.
authors.affiliation: The Institute for Enzyme Research, Graduate School, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53705, USA.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Broadwater
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Laundre
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D000213:Acyl Carrier Protein / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism*; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D007536:Isomerism; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D015335:Molecular Probes; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013229:Stearic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000213:Acyl Carrier Protein; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D015335:Molecular Probes; D010940:Plant Proteins; D013229:Stearic Acids; D006899:Mixed Function Oxygenases; C018747:acyl-(acyl-carrier-protein)desaturase