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Food Lipids: Chemistry, Nutrition, and Biotechnology

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Figure 10 Hydroperoxide dehydratase pathway for biosynthesis of (�)7-isojasmonic acid<br />

from �-linolenic acid in plant tissues. (Adapted from Ref. 115.)<br />

decatrienoic acid is extremely unstable <strong>and</strong> has a half-life of only 26 seconds at 0�C<br />

[167]. Two types of product result from nonenzymatic transformation of the transitory<br />

allene oxide: ketols <strong>and</strong> a cyclopentenyl metabolite. Spontaneous hydrolysis of<br />

the allene oxide results in formation of an �-ketol, 12-oxo-13-hydroxy-9Z,15Z-octadecadienoic<br />

acid, <strong>and</strong> a �-ketol, 12-oxo-9-hydroxy-10E,15Z-octadecadienoic acid.<br />

The �-ketol is the predominant product. The second type of product, a cyclopentenyl<br />

compound, results from the spontaneous cyclization of the allene oxide to form 8-<br />

[2-(Z-2�-pentenyl)-3-oxo-cyclopent-4-enylloctanoic acid (Fig. 11), which is given the<br />

common name 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid (12-oxo-PDA). However, the formation of<br />

12-oxo-PDA can also be due to enzymatic catalysis [167].<br />

In plants, only the 13S-HPOT is converted into the cyclic fatty acid, whereas<br />

allene oxides from the 9S-HPOT, 9S-HPOD, <strong>and</strong> 13S-HPOD exclusively undergo<br />

hydrolysis to the ketols. Even with the 13S-HPOT, spontaneous hydrolysis of allene<br />

oxide to the ketols occurs to a larger extent compared to the cyclization. Spontaneous<br />

cyclization causes the formation of racemic 12-oxo-PDA (9S,13S, <strong>and</strong> 9R,13R); but<br />

in the presence of allene oxide cyclase (EC 5.3.99.6), mainly one isomer (98%<br />

9S,13S) is found in increased yield at the expense of ketol formation [167]. The<br />

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