title: Hydroperoxide lyase and divinyl ether synthase.
abstract: "Heterolytic" hydroperoxide lyase (HPL) and divinyl ether synthase (DES) are important enzymes of the plant lipoxygenase pathway. HPL cleaves fatty acid hydroperoxides into the aldehyde fragments. DES converts hydroperoxides into the divinyl ethers. The present paper is concerned with recent studies on HPL and DES including their occurrence, properties, mechanisms of action, the cloning of their cDNAs and physiological importance of the enzymes and their products.
authors.affiliation: Kazan Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences. grechkin@sci.kcn.ru
authors.forename: Alexander N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Grechkin
mesh_terms: D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D010088:Oxidoreductases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D014753:Vinyl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010940:Plant Proteins; D014753:Vinyl Compounds; C100195:vinyl ether; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D010088:Oxidoreductases; C100485:divinyl ether synthase; D000446:Aldehyde-Lyases; C054540:hydroperoxide lyase