Abstract
[1-14C]Linolenic acid was incubated with a homogenate of leaves of Clematis vitalba, a plant belonging to the Ranunculaceae family. Analysis of the reaction product by reversed-phase high-performance liquid radiochromatography demonstrated the presence of the following labeled oxylipins: 12-oxo-10, 15(Z)-phytodienoic acid, 9(S)-hydroxy-10(E), 12(Z), 15(Z)-octadecatrienoic acid, omega5(Z)-etherolenic acid, and 9-[1'(E), 3'(Z),6'(Z)-nonatrienyloxy]-8(Z)-nonenoic acid [8(Z)-colnelenic acid]. The last compound was a new divinyl ether FA, and an analogous compound, i.e., 9-[1'(E),3'(Z)-nonadienyloxy]-8(Z)-nonenoic acid [8(Z)-colneleic acid], was obtained following incubation of linoleic acid with the Clematis homogenate. Structures of the two divinyl ethers were assigned by spectral and chromatographic comparison with authentic compounds prepared synthetically using previously described methodology. Separate incubation of the 9- and 13-hydroperoxides of linolenic acid demonstrated that the first hydroperoxide served as the precursor of 8(Z)-colnelenic acid and indicated the presence in C. vitalba of a new divinyl ether synthase acting on 9-lipoxygenase-generated hydroperoxides. A close structural relationship between this enzyme and the well-studied divinyl ether synthase in the potato and tomato seems likely.
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