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Specificity of flaxseed lipoxidase

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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.

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  1. D. C. Zimmerman (Research Chemist)

    Present address: Crops Research Division, ARS, USDA, in cooperation with the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, North Dakota, USA

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  1. Department of Biochemistry, North Dakota State University, 58102, Fargo, North Dakota

    D. C. Zimmerman (Research Chemist) & B. A. Vick

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Zimmerman, D.C., Vick, B.A. Specificity of flaxseed lipoxidase. Lipids 5, 392–397 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532104

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