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Synthesis of enantiopure ABC-type triacylglycerols
Gudmundsson, Haraldur G.,Linderborg, Kaisa M.,Kallio, Heikki,Yang, Baoru,Haraldsson, Gudmundur G.
, (2019/12/26)
The synthesis of twelve enantiopure structured triacylglycerols (TAGs) of the ABC type possessing three different fatty acids is described by a six-step chemoenzymatic approach starting from (S)-solketal. Eight of the TAGs possess two different saturated fatty acyl groups located in the sn-1 and sn-2 positions with an unsaturated fatty acyl group in the remaining sn-3 position of the glycerol skeleton, whereas the remaining four possess two different saturated acyl groups in the terminal sn-1 and sn-3 positions with an unsaturated acyl group in the sn-2 position. The former group was synthesised by a six-step chemoenzymatic route involving a highly regioselective immobilised Candida antarctica lipase. The second group was prepared by a similar six-step approach, that required two separate lipase steps. Such enantiopure TAGs are strongly demanded as standards for enantiospecific analysis of intact TAGs in fats and oils.
Biochemical characterization of the PHARC-associated serine hydrolase ABHD12 reveals its preference for very-long-chain lipids
Joshi, Alaumy,Shaikh, Minhaj,Singh, Shubham,Rajendran, Abinaya,Mhetre, Amol,Kamat, Siddhesh S.
, p. 16953 - 16963 (2018/11/21)
Polyneuropathy, hearing loss, ataxia, retinitis pigmentosa, and cataract (PHARC) is a rare genetic human neurological disorder caused by null mutations to the Abhd12 gene, which encodes the integral membrane serine hydrolase enzyme ABHD12. Although the role that ABHD12 plays in PHARC is understood, the thorough biochemical characterization of ABHD12 is lacking. Here, we report the facile synthesis of mono-1-(fatty)acyl-glycerol lipids of varying chain lengths and unsaturation and use this lipid substrate library to biochemically characterize recombinant mammalian ABHD12. The substrate profiling study for ABHD12 suggested that this enzyme requires glycosylation for optimal activity and that it has a strong preference for very-long-chain lipid substrates. We further validated this substrate profile against brain membrane lysates generated from WT and ABHD12 knockout mice. Finally, using cellular organelle fractionation and immunofluorescence assays, we show that mammalian ABHD12 is enriched on the endoplasmic reticulum membrane, where most of the very-long-chain fatty acids are biosynthesized in cells. Taken together, our findings provide a biochemical explanation for why very-long-chain lipids (such as lysophosphatidylserine lipids) accumulate in the brains of ABHD12 knockout mice, which is a murine model of PHARC.
Highly selective biocatalytic synthesis of monoacylglycerides in sponge-like ionic liquids
Lozano, Pedro,Gomez, Celia,Nieto, Susana,Sanchez-Gomez, Gregorio,García-Verdugo, Eduardo,Luis, Santiago V.
, p. 390 - 396 (2017/08/14)
The biocatalytic synthesis of monoacylglycerides (MAGs) was carried out by the direct esterification of fatty acids (i.e. capric, lauric, myristic, palmitic and oleic acids, respectively) with glycerol in different ionic liquids (ILs) based on cations with long alkyl side-chains (e.g. 1-hexadecyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide [C16mim][NTf2], 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate [C12mim][BF4], etc.). Although all ILs have been shown as suitable reaction media for Novozym 435-catalyzed esterification of glycerol with free fatty acids, a high selectivity of MAGs was only observed in the [C12mim][BF4] case (e.g. up to 100% selectivity and 100% yield for monolaurin). Furthermore, as these ILs are temperature switchable ionic liquid/solid phases that behave as sponge-like systems, a straightforward protocol for IL-free MAG recovery, based on iterative centrifugations at controlled temperature, has been developed.
