Positional distribution of fatty acids on the glycerol backbone during the biosynthesis of glycerolipids in Ectocarpus fasciculatus

The biosynthesis of glycolipids in E. fasciculatus was studied by C-14 label and chase. The fatty acids in sulphoquinovosyl diacylglycerol (SQDG) were almost 16-carbon and 18-carbon ones. In addition to the two fatty acids, monogalactosyl diacylglycerol (MGDG) and digalactosyl diacylglycerol (DGDG) contained 8.5 mol% and 31.0 mol% of eicosapentaenoic acid (20 : 5), respectively, and this fatty acid was usually distributed in the sn-1 position of the glycerol backbone. When plants were incubated with [2-C-14] acetate, differences existed in the positional distribution of the labeled fatty acids in sn-1 and sn-2 among the three glycerolipids. In SQDG C-14-labeled fatty acids were distributed uniformly in the sn-1 and sn-2 positions. In DGDG, C-14-labeled fatty acids were mainly distributed in the sn-2 position. In MGDG, the radioactivity of fatty acids in sn-1 position was far greater than that in sn-2 position after a 30 min pulse label, and the difference in radioactivity between the two positions decreased rapidly. The above results indicated that differences in the positional distribution of C-14-labeled fatty acids between sn-1 and sn-2 positions might be related to 20 : 5 and the biosynthesis of DGDG. Our results also suggested that E. fasciculatus had the same DGDG biosynthetic pathway as that in higher plants and galactosyl transferase was selective for MGDC.

海洋动植物中不饱和脂肪酸的研究

不饱和脂肪酯是人及动物生长发育的必需物质。本论文分析了海洋动植物脂和脂肪酸的组成，并对不饱和脂肪酸的分离提纯方法进行了研究。一、海洋动植物的中性脂主要包括三酰甘油和胆固醇。动物极性脂主要为磷脂，包括磷脂酰丝馆酸（PS）、磷脂酸（PA）、磷脂酰肌醇（PI）、溶解性磷脂酰乙醇胺（LPE）、神经鞘磷脂（CAEP）、磷脂酰胆碱（PC）、磷脂酰乙醇胺（PE），双磷脂酰甘油（DPG）。其中LPE、DPG为动物所特有的磷脂。植物极性脂包括PI、PC、PE、双半乳糖苷地酰甘油酯（DGDG）、硫代6-脱氧葡萄糖苷二酰甘油酯（SQDG）、单半乳糖苷二酰甘油酯（MGDG）、磷脂酰甘油（PG）及植物脑苷脂（Plant Cerebrosides）。其中MGDG、DGDG、SQDG为植物所特有的三种糖脂。二、海洋动植物含有丰富的不饱和脂肪酸，多聚不饱和脂肪酸（PUFA）含量尤为显著。灰凹贻贝（Crenomythilus graiaynus）的二十碳五烯酸（EPA）含量为10.6%,二十碳四烯酸（AA）为3.7%，二十二碳六烯酸（DHA）为14.26%。中间球海胆（Strongylocentrotus intermedius）的AA含量为7.36%，EPA为15.98%。内枝多管藻（Polysiphonia morroωii)PUFA含量非常高，AA占2.43%，20:4ω3占4.97%，EPA占45.03%。裙带菜（Undaria pinnatifida）的PUFA中，十八碳二烯酸占6.16%，AA占12.99%，EPA占7.83%这些PUFA大都为人及动物生长发育的必需脂肪酸。三、尿素诱导法是大量提取混合PUFA的有效方法。在产品中，饱和脂肪酸的含量可以忽略不计，单烯脂肪酸含量降低很多；高吸附能力的柱层析是提取PUFA单体的较好方法，其产物的纯度达98%以上。