title: Linoleoyl lysophosphatidylcholine is an efficient substrate for soybean lipoxygenase-1.
abstract: Oxygenation of 1-linoleoyl lysophosphatidylcholine (linoleoyl-lysoPC) by soybean lipoxygenase-1 was monitored by measuring the increase of absorbance at 234nm. In support of this, the hydroperoxy derivative of linoleoyl-lysoPC as a major product and its reduction product as a minor one were detected by LC/MS analyses. The greater part of the hydroperoxy derivative was found to contain hydroperoxide group at C-13 rather than C-9, consistent with the position specificity of soybean lipoxygenase-1 in oxygenation of linoleic acid. Such a preferential production of 13-hydroperoxy derivative of linoleoyl-lysoPC was also observed at pH 7.4, suggesting that the positional specificity of lipoxygenase-1 is not affected greatly by pH. In addition, the pH-dependent oxygenation of linoleoyl-lysoPC, showing an optimal activity around pH 9, was similar to that of linoleic acid. In kinetic study, lipoxygenase 1-catalyzed oxygenation of linoleoyl-lysoPC followed Michaelis-Menten kinetics (V(m), 167.5U/mg protein; K(m), 12.9muM). In comparison, linoleoyl-lysoPC was no less efficient than linoleic acid as a substrate of soybean lipoxygenase-1. Moreover, oxygenation of linoleoyl-lysoPC by LOX-1 was not affected by detergent. Thus, linoleoyl-lysoPC could be utilized as a convenient substrate in the assay of soybean lipoxygeanse-1.
authors.affiliation: College of Pharmacy, Chungnam National University, Yuseong-ku, Taejon, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Long Shuang
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Mee Ree
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dai-Eun
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Sok
mesh_terms: D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007700:Kinetics; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D008084:Lipoxygenase / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013025:Glycine max / Q000201:enzymology*; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D008041:Linoleic Acids; D008244:Lysophosphatidylcholines; C101084:lipoxygenase L-1; D008084:Lipoxygenase