Inhibition of lipoxygenase (LO) is currently an important goal of biomedical research due toits critical role in asthma, atherosclerosis, and cancer regulation. Steady-state kinetic data indicate thatoleic acid (OA) is a simple competitive inhibitor for soybean lipoxygenase; however, kinetic isotopeeffect (KIE) data suggest a more complicated inhibitory mechanism. To investigate the inhibitory effectsof fatty acids on lipoxygenase more thoroughly, we have synthesized a novel inhibitor to lipoxygenase,(
Z)-9-octadecenyl sulfate (oleyl sulfate, OS), which imparts kinetic properties that are inconsistent withsimple competitive inhibition for both SLO-1 and 15-HLO. The KIE exhibits a hyperbolic rise with additionof OS, indicating the formation of a catalytically active ternary complex with
KD values of 0.6 ± 0.2 and0.4 ± 0.05
M for SLO-1 and 15-HLO, respectively. The steady-state kinetics show that SLO-1 proceedsthrough a hyperbolic mixed-type inhibition pathway, where OS binding (
Ki = 0.7 ± 0.3
M) causes anapproximate 4-fold increase in the
Km(app) (
= 4.6 ± 0.5) and a decrease in the
kcat by approximately15% (
= 0.85 ± 0.1). 15-HLO also exhibits a hyperbolic saturation of
kcat/
Km consistent with the observedrise in its KIE. Taken together, these findings indicate the presence of an allost
eric site in both SLO-1and 15-HLO and suggest broad implications regarding the inhibition of LO and the treatment of LO-related diseases.