TABLE 2.
Heterogeneity of TAG molecular species in Bnfad2-purified seed lipid droplets
P, 16:0-palmitic acid; O, 18:1 oleic acid; L, 18:2-linoleic acid.
| TAG molecular composition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPLa | PPO | PLL | PLO | POO | LLL | LLO | LOO | OOO | |
| mol % | |||||||||
| LD1 | 17.9 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 16.2 | 22.7 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 8.8 | 7.7 |
| LD2 | 13.0 | 8.3 | 13.2 | 22.3 | 15.4 | 6.5 | 10.3 | 7.9 | 3.1 |
| LD3 | 13.2 | 9.4 | 11.4 | 21.4 | 20.4 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 3.8 |
| LD4 | 14.9 | 11.6 | 9.2 | 19.8 | 22.8 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
| LD5 | 13.6 | 7.5 | 14.1 | 20.4 | 18.5 | 5.1 | 10.7 | 8.3 | 1.7 |
| LD6 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 22.8 | 20.3 | 4.1 | 7.8 | 9.0 | 3.0 |
| LD7 | 16.0 | 15.0 | 10.6 | 17.1 | 20.7 | 4.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 0.7 |
| Mean | 14.3 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 20.0 | 20.1 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 3.7 |
| S.D. | 2.1 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.4 |
a TAG acyl chains are sn-nonspecific.