Table 3. Fatty acid composition of single phospholipid classes in the insect cell lines shown.
The two samples from Tnao38 cells refer to the budded virus fraction and to total cell lipids. Significant variation in values is indicated in bold.
| Phospholipid class | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sf9 | Tnao38 virus and membranes | Tnao38 cells | |||||||
| Fatty acid type | PE | PC | PI | PE | PC | PI | PE | PC | PI |
| 14:0 | 0.2 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.0 |
| 16:0 | 4 | 9.1 | 3.4 | 9.9 | 10 | 11.5 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 9.8 |
| 16:1 | 19.8 | 17.3 | 12.7 | 17 | 27.2 | 17.6 | 15.3 | 21.9 | 13.8 |
| 17:0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 18:0 | 15.9 | 13.1 | 27.3 | 10.3 | 10.5 | 28.2 | 12.7 | 11.5 | 32.5 |
| 18:1 (n−9) | 52.9 | 46 | 44.6 | 59 | 47.6 | 37.5 | 60.4 | 53.1 | 36.1 |
| 18:1 (n−7) | 2.8 | 3 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 18:2 (n−6) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 20:0–20:3 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 5.6 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
| 20:4 (n−3) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| 20:4 (n−6) | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| 20:5 (n−3) | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Others | 0.8 | 6.1 | N/A | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Total | 100 | 99.8 | 100.1 | 100.2 | 100 | 100 | 100.1 | 100.0 | 100.0 |