title: Biosynthesis of new divinyl ether oxylipins in Ranunculus plants.
abstract: [1-14C]Linolenic acid was incubated with homogenates of leaves from the aquatic plants Ranunculus lingua (greater spearwort) or R. peltatus (pond water-crowfoot). Analysis by reversed-phase high-performance liquid radiochromatography demonstrated the formation of a new divinyl ether FA, i.e., 12-[1'(E),3'(Z)-hexadienyloxyl-9(Z), 11 (Z)-dodecadienoic acid [11 (Z)-etherolenic acid] as well as a smaller proportion of omega5(Z)-etherolenic acid previously identified in terrestrial Ranunculus plants. The same divinyl ethers were formed upon incubation of 13(S)-hydroperoxy-9(Z),11 (E),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid, a lipoxygenase metabolite of linolenic acid, whereas the isomeric hydroperoxide, 9(S)-hydroperoxy-10(E),12(Z),15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid, was not converted into divinyl ethers in R. lingua or R. peltatus. Incubation of [1-14C]linoleic acid or 13(S)-hydroperoxy-9(Z), 11 (E)-octadecadienoic acid produced the divinyl ether 12-[1'(E)-hexenyloxyl-9(Z),11(Z)-dodecadienoic acid [11(Z)-etheroleic acid] and a smaller amount of omega5(Z)-etheroleic acid. The experiments demonstrated the existence in R. lingua and R. peltatus of a divinyl ether synthase distinct from those previously encountered in higher plants and algae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Mats.Hamberg@mbb.ki.se
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamberg
mesh_terms: D004987:Ethers / Q000378:metabolism*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000378:metabolism*; D031947:Ranunculus / Q000378:metabolism*; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004987:Ethers; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; C095608:etheroleic acid; D017962:alpha-Linolenic Acid