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In the plant kingdom the occurrence of arachidonic acid and, therefore, of eicosanoids appears to be restricted to fungi and related organisms, algae, mosses and ferns. In higher plants, however, lipoxygenases capable of oxygenating arachidonic acid are widely distributed. At first sight, the reactions of higher plant lipoxygenases with arachidonic acid seem to be only of academic interest. However, under special circumstances a higher plant lipoxygenase is capable of converting arachidonic acid of fungal origin. Such a situation is given by the infection of the plant by a fungal pathogen. Some aspects of the putative role of these interactions will be discussed in this article. For a detailed survey on the present knowledge of the role of lipoxygenase in plant resistance to infection the reader is referred to the recent paper by Slusarenko.1
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Schewe, T., Nigam, S. (1997). Is Lipoxygenation of Pathogen-Derived Arachidonic Acid Involved in Plant Protection?. In: Sinzinger, H., Samuelsson, B., Vane, J.R., Paoletti, R., Ramwell, P., Wong, P.YK. (eds) Recent Advances in Prostaglandin, Thromboxane, and Leukotriene Research. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 433. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1810-9_47
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