RT Journal Article T1 Introducing Mutations to Modify the C13/C9 Ratio in Linoleic Acid Oxygenations Catalyzed by Rabbit 15‐Lipoxygenase: A QM/MM and MD Study A1 Suardíaz Delrío, Reynier A1 Masgrau, Laura A1 Lluch, José A1 González‐Lafont, Àngels AB Lipoxygenases (LOs) are a family of nonheme iron-containing enzymes that catalyze the hydroperoxidation of several polyunsaturated fatty acids with a huge regio- and stereospecificity. Mammalian 15-LO-1 yields almost exclusively oxygenation at the C13 position of the linoleic acid (LA), its preferred substrate. This is very important because metabolites derived from oxidation in distinct positions produce opposite physiological effects. We have combined here quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations with molecular dynamics simulations to show how a suitable mutation of the rabbit 15-LO1 enzyme can produce a significant amount of products derived from oxygenation at the C9 position of LA. In effect, the Leu597Val or Leu597Ala mutants are predicted to lead to a diminution of the oxygenation C13/C9 ratio in LA as huge as five orders of magnitude. This shows that the conserved residue Leu597 actually drives the regiospecific hydroperoxidation of LA catalyzed by 15-LO-1 enzyme PB Wiley SN 1439-4235 YR 2014 FD 2014 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/92519 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/92519 LA eng NO Suardíaz, R., Masgrau, L., Lluch, J.M. and González-Lafont, À. (2014), Introducing Mutations to Modify the C13/C9 Ratio in Linoleic Acid Oxygenations Catalyzed by Rabbit 15-Lipoxygenase: A QM/MM and MD Study. ChemPhysChem, 15: 4049-4054. https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.201402471 NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) NO Generalitat de Catalunya NO Alianza 4U DS Docta Complutense RD 21 abr 2025