Structure and biosynthesis of novel conjugated polyene fatty acids from the marine green algaAnadyomene stellata

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Novel polyunsaturated fatty acids with four conjugated double bonds were found in extracts of the green macroalga,Anadyomene stellata. The isolation of five of these with different chain lengths and varying degrees of unsaturation −16∶5, 18∶4, 20∶5, 20∶6, and 22∶7—was accomplished by organic extraction followed by a combination of vaccum and high‐performarce liquid chromatography. One of these that was a novel substance (22∶7) was characterized as 4ZZ,7Z,9E,13Z,16Z,19Z‐docosaheptaenoic acid and assigned the trivial name stellaheptaenoic acid. The structure of this new compound, isolated as its methyl ester derivative, was deduced from detailed nuclear magnetic resonance, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS), and other spectroscopic methods. Incubation of a chloroplast preparation, isolated from a crude algal homogenate by differential centrifugation, with six unsaturated fatty acids (palmitoleic, 6Z,9Z,12Z,15Z‐octadecatetraenoic acid, arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid, 7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z‐docosatetraenoic acid, and 4Z,7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z‐docosahexaenoic acid) resulted in substantially increased synthesis of unique tetraene compouds as detected by ultraviolet spectrophotometry and tentatively identified by GC/MS.

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