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. 1993 Feb;175(3):916–918. doi: 10.1128/jb.175.3.916-918.1993

Evidence for cis-trans isomerization of a double bond in the fatty acids of the psychrophilic bacterium Vibrio sp. strain ABE-1.

N Morita 1, A Shibahara 1, K Yamamoto 1, K Shinkai 1, G Kajimoto 1, H Okuyama 1
PMCID: PMC196248  PMID: 8423164

Abstract

Vibrio sp. strain ABE-1 was grown in a medium that contained as its stable isotope tracer either [2,2-2H2]cis-9-hexadecenoic or [2,2-2H2]trans-9-hexadecenoic acid. Gas chromatographic-mass spectrometric analysis of the cis-9-hexadecenoic and trans-9-hexadecenoic acid fractions from the cells revealed the formation of an intracellularly isomerized 2,2-2H2-fatty acid which differed from the tracer only in the geometrical configuration of the double bond. This observation shows that cis-trans isomerization without a shift in double-bond position between these two geometric hexadecenoic acid isomers can occur in the cells.

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