Abstract
Four cyclopropene fatty acids, having the double bond of the cyclopropene ring at the 8,9, 9,10, 10,11 and 11,12 positions, respectively, were tested as inhibitors of stearic acid desaturation by the desaturase enzyme system of hen liver. The first three were powerful inhibitors, but the last was not. The cyclopropene acids with the 9,10 and 10,11 double bonds were equally strong inhibitors, while the acid with the 8,9 double bond was less effective. To account for the specificity of those cyclopropene fatty acids in which the C9 or C10 carbon atom is included in the cyclopropene ring, it is suggested that the conformation and structure of the CoA derivatives of these acids is such that they can irreversibly occupy the site on the enzyme responsible for 9,10-desaturation.
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Fogerty, A.C., Johnson, A.R. & Pearson, J.A. Ring position in cyclopropene fatty acids and stearic acid desaturation in hen liver. Lipids 7, 335–338 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532651
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02532651