Table I.

Mutant and transgenic lines used in this study and functional properties of the proteins encoded by their wild-type alleles

Mutant	Functional Properties	References
fad2	Endoplasmic reticulum-localized oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine desaturase, desaturates 18:1 to 18:2	Miquel and Browse (1992)
fad3	Endoplasmic reticulum-localized linoleoyl-phosphatidylcholine desaturase, desaturates 18:2 to 18:3	Browse et al. (1993)
fad4	Desaturates palmitate at sn-2 position of PG in plastids	Browse et al. (1985)
fad5	Desaturates palmitate at sn-2 position of MGDG in plastids	Kunst et al. (1989)
fad6	Plastid-localized oleoyl desaturase	Falcone et al. (1994)
fad7	Plastid-localized linoleate desaturase	Iba et al. (1993)
fad8	Plastid-localized linoleate desaturase	Gibson et al. (1994)
nho1 (gli1)	Encodes glycerolkinase, converts glycerol to G3P	Eastmond (2004); Kang et al. (2003)
gly1	Encodes G3Pdh, converts DHAP to G3P	Kachroo et al. (2004); Miquel (2003)
act1	Encodes G3P acyltransferase, plastid localized, acylates 18:1 on G3P backbone	Kunst et al. (1988)
dgd1	Plastid-localized galactosyltransferase; involved in synthesis of DGDG from MGDG	Dormann et al. (1995)
eds1	Encodes lipase-like protein, involved in R gene- and SA-mediated signaling	Falk et al. (1999)
pad4	Encodes lipase-like protein, involved in SA-mediated signaling	Jirage et al. (1999)
eds5	Encodes membrane-bound multidrug and toxin-extrusion protein transporter-like protein, involved in SA-mediated signaling	Nawrath et al. (2002)
ndr1	Encodes plasma membrane-localized protein required for nonrace-specific disease resistance, involved in R gene-mediated signaling	Century et al. (1997)
sid2	Encodes isochorismate synthase involved in biosynthesis of SA	Wildermuth et al. (2001)
nahG	Bacterial salicylate hydroxylase that converts SA to catachol	Yamamotoj et al. (1965)
npr1	Encodes a protein containing an ankyrin repeat domain, a key positive regulator of SA signaling and systemic acquired resistance	Cao et al. (1997); Ryals et al. (1997)