Nonrandom Combination of Fatty Acid and Alcohol Moieties in Wax Esters from Liza Carinata Roe

등줄숭어 란유의 Nonrandom 분포를 한 왁스에스테르 조성에 관한 연구

Lipids of Liza carinata roe were extracted and separated into detailed lipid classes by column chromatography. About 57-62% of the total lipids consisted of wax esters in which saturated and unsaturated fatty alcohols combined with fatty acids with up to six double bonds. Between the even-numbered wax ester peaks in gas-liquid chromatography, ones with odd chain lengths such as C31, C33 and C35 were eluted in appreciable amounts. Isomers composed of different fatty acids and alcohols at a given chain length were not resolved on 1.5% OV-17 column. The principal component of wax esters in sample A were C32, C34 and C30 (45.0%, 19.2%, and 12.2%), followed by C36 and C38 length (9.5% and 4.7%), while those in sample B were mainly occupied by C34, C32 and C36 length (36.3%, 31.4% and 14.5%) with minor components C30 and C38 length (5.2%, and 3.4%). The wax esters were not a random combination of constituent fatty acids and alcohols. With increase in boiling temperature the wax esters increased slightly in viscosity over the unboiled, showing a tendency toward randomness, and finally were completely randomized at $360^{\circ}C$ for 40 minutes. The enzymes involved in wax ester biosynthesis seemed to have high selectivity for chain length of fatty acids and alcohols.

등줄숭어알 지질조성은 왁스에스테르(56.6-62.2%), 인지질 (19.2-18.5%), 트리글리세리드 (17.8-14.4%)의 순이었다. 왁스에스테르의 주요지방산은 C16 : 1 (25.9-27.3%)>C18 : 1(14.7-18.5%)>$C20 : 5{\omega}3$(16.3-9.6%)의 순이었으며, 알콜은 C16 : 0(57.3-53.3%)>C18 : 0(9.3-11.7%)>C18 : 1(18.9-12.7%)의 순이었다. 이중결합 2개 이상의 고도불포화 알콜은 전혀 검출되지 않았다. 홀수지방산(6.4-8.5%)과 알콜(7.4-7.5%)도 상당량 존재하였다. 수소첨가한 왁스에스테르는 탄소수별로 분리되었으나, 같은 탄소수를 가진 이성체는 분리되지 않았다. 왁스에스테르 분자종의 조성을 보면 시료 A의 경우는 C32(45.0%)>C34(19.2%)>C30(12.2%)순이었고, 시료 B의 경우는 C34(36.3%)>C32(31.4%)C36(18.1%)의 순이었다. 왁스에스테르는 구성지방산과 알콜이 nonrandom combination으로 에스테르화 되었으며, 이를 $360^{\circ}C$에서 40분간 가열하면 완전히 random화 됨을 알 수 있었다. 등줄숭어에 존재하는 왁스에스테르의 생합성에 관여하는 효소는 기질인 지방산과 알콜 탄소수에 강한 특이성을 가지고 있음을 추측할 수 있었다.