Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
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Microbial Synthesis of trans Isomer of Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) from the Chemically Synthesized Trans Isomer of Linolenic Acid by a Δ12 Desaturase-defective Mutant of…
Norifumi SHIRASAKAShigenori MIYAMOTOTetsuo MURAKAMIHajime YOSHIZUMISakayu SHIMIZU
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2003 年 67 巻 5 号 p. 1164-1167

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  The mono trans geometrical isomer of eicosapentaenoic acid, 5c,8c,11c,14c,17t-eicosapenntaenoic acid (20:5Δ5c,8c,11c,14c,17t), was synthesized by fatty acid microbial conversion using a Δ12-desaturase defective mutant of an arachidonic acid (AA)-producing fungus, Mortierella alpina 1S-4. The substrate for the bioconversion, a geometrical isomer of linolenic acid, was prepared by isomerization of linseed oil methyl ester by the nitrous acid method, followed by purification on a AgNO3-silica gel column. The structure and double bond geometry were identified after hydrazine reduction followed by permanganate oxidation to 20:5Δ5c, 8c,11c,14c,17t. The biosynthetic route from 18:3Δ6c, 9c,12t to 20:5Δ5c,8c,11c,14c,17t was presumed to mimic the route from linoleic acid to arachidonic acid.

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