Biotransformation of Alkylglycerols in Plant Cell Cultures

Isomeric sn‐1‐octadecenyl and sn‐2‐octadecenyl analogues of lysophosphatidylcholine as substrates for acylation and desaturation by plant microsomal membranes

“…To provide similar evidence for lipid-linked desaturation by microsomal enzymes, we prepared isomeric ether analogues of lysophosphatidylcholine and started experiments which would demonstrate that oleoyl groups are desaturated to linoleoyl groups, while they are esterified to membrane lipids by an enzyme which can be defined as an oleoyl phospholipid desaturase. The use of ether-analogous phospholipid substrates was prompted by the extensive work on the metabolism of alkylglycerol and alkenylglycerol added to plant cell cultures, although these experiments were not concerned with in-vitro systems and desaturation reactions [8].…”