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Biosynthesis of C₂₀ and C₂₂ Fatty Acids by Developing Seeds of Limnanthes alba

CHAIN ELONGATION AND 5 DESATURATION¹

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, Davis, California 95616

The storage triacylglycerols of meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba) seeds are composed essentially of C₂₀ and C₂₂ fatty acids, which contain an unusual 5 double bond. When [1-¹⁴C]acetate was incubated with developing seed slices, ¹⁴C-labeled fatty acids were synthesized with a distribution similar to the endogenous fatty acid profile. The major labeled product was cis-5-eicosenoate, with smaller amounts of palmitate, stearate, oleate, cis-5-octadecenoate, eicosanoate, cis-11-eicosenoate, docosanoate, cis-5-docosenoate, cis-13-docosenoate, and cis-5,cis-13-docosadienoate. The label from [¹⁴C]acetate and [¹⁴C]malonate was used preferentially for the elongation of endogenous oleate to produce cis-[¹⁴C]11-eicosenoate, cis-13-[¹⁴C]docosenoate, and cis-5,cis-13-[¹⁴C]docosadienoate and for the elongation of endogenous palmitate to produce the remaining C₂₀ and C₂₂ acyl species. The 5 desaturation of the preformed acyl chain and chain elongation of oleate and palmitate were demonstrated in vivo by incubation of the appropriate 1-¹⁴C-labeled free fatty acids. Using [1-¹⁴C]acyl-CoA thioesters as substrates, these enzyme activities were also demonstrated in vitro with a cell-free homogenate.

¹ This work was supported by Grant PCM 76 01495 from the National Science Foundation administered by P. K. S.

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