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Specificity of flaxseed lipoxidase
Author(s) -
Zimmerman D. C.,
Vick B. A.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
lipids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.601
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1558-9307
pISSN - 0024-4201
DOI - 10.1007/bf02532104
Subject(s) - chemistry , linolenate , lipidology , clinical chemistry , linoleic acid , linolenic acid , food science , oxygen , chromatography , biochemistry , organic chemistry , fatty acid
Mass spectrometric data indicate that products of linoleate oxidation by flaxseed lipoxidase consist of 80% 13‐hydroperoxyoctadecadienoate and 20% 9‐hydroperoxyoctadecodienoate; the products of linolenate oxidation by flaxseed lipoxidase consist of 88% 13‐hydroperoxyoctadecatrienoate and 12% 9‐hydroperoxyoctadecatrienoate. Flaxseed lipoxidase possesses a high degree of specificity for attachment of oxygen to linoleic and linolenic acid molecules.