Table 3.
Temporal changes in fatty acid composition of various membrane fractions from T. pyriformis NT-1 cells during temperature acclimation
| Fatty acids | Pellicles | Mitochondria | Microsomes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 h | 2 h | 4 h | 6 h | 10 h | 0 h | 2 h | 4 h | 6 h | 10 h | 0 h | 2 h | 4 h | 6 h | 10 h | |
| C14:0 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 6.8 | 7.5 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| C16:0 | 17.6 | 15.4 | 13.4 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 15.5 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 8.1 | 7.6 |
| C16:1Δ9 | 9.6 | 12.3 | 13.4 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 13.6 |
| C18:1Δ9 | 11.9 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 6.8 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 12.4 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.0 |
| C18:2Δ9,12 | 15.4 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 17.9 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 17.9 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 16.8 | 17.4 | 18.4 |
| C18:3Δ6,9,12 | 19.7 | 20.9 | 20.8 | 25.3 | 25.1 | 27.2 | 28.9 | 29.5 | 32.7 | 36.2 | 20.5 | 21.8 | 23.4 | 26.8 | 27.9 |
| U/S | 1.60 | 1.76 | 1.82 | 2.43 | 2.24 | 2.62 | 2.92 | 3.04 | 3.79 | 4.38 | 1.94 | 2.00 | 2.22 | 2.71 | 2.97 |
U/S, A ratio of unsaturated to saturated fatty acids. Data from Yamauchi et al. (1981).19)