A study of oxygen isotope scrambling in the enzymic and non-enzymic oxidation of linoleic acid

  • P. Schieberle*
  • , W. Grosch
  • , H. Kexel
  • , H. L. Schmidt
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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    Abstract

    Lipoxygenases-1 and -2 isolated from soybeans were incubated with linoleic acid in the presence of a mixture of 16O2 and 18O2. The formation of 16O/18O-molecules which is indicative for a head-to-head reaction of peroxy radicals was determined and compared with that produced during autoxidation of a linoleic acid emulsion in the presence of ferric ions. Lipoxygenase-1 was much less active in scrambling than lipoxygenase-2 which was comparable to that found in the autoxidation reaction.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)322-326
    Number of pages5
    JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)/Lipids and Lipid Metabolism
    Volume666
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 23 Dec 1981

    Keywords

    • Autoxidation
    • Head-to-head condensation
    • Linoleic acid
    • Lipoxygenase
    • Oxygen isotope
    • Peroxy radical
    • Scrambling

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