Table 3.
Fatty acid composition of yeast cells expressing selected CtFAD2 genes
| vector | CtFAD2-1 | CtFAD2-2 | CtFAD2-9 | CtFAD2-10 | CtFAD2-11 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C14:0 |
1.3±0.15 |
1.2±0.02 |
1.2±0.06 |
1.1±0.06 |
1.0±0.01 |
0.6±0.01 |
| C14:1 |
0.3±0.06 |
0.3±0.01 |
0.3±0.01 |
0.2±0.01 |
0.3±0.02 |
0.2±0.00 |
| C16:0 |
23.6±1.62 |
23.0±0.04 |
22.0±0.46 |
21.3±0.59 |
22.3±0.03 |
18.4±0.34 |
| C16:1 |
36.0±1.77 |
37.2±0.16 |
36.6±0.07 |
34.3±0.54 |
34.8±0.21 |
37.3±0.16 |
| C16:2 |
0.0 |
0.3±0.02 |
0.0 |
1.6±0.09 |
1.2±0.03 |
0.0 |
| C18:0 |
7.7±0.74 |
7.4±0.12 |
7.4±0.07 |
8.9±0.13 |
8.1±0.09 |
7.5±0.07 |
| C18:1 |
29.6±0.99 |
26.4±0.24 |
31.0±0.51 |
31.3±0.25 |
25.4±0.07 |
33.3±0.26 |
| C18:1Δ11 |
1.4±0.20 |
1.6±0.02 |
1.5±0.04 |
1.3±0.08 |
1.3±0.01 |
1.9±0.01 |
| C18:2 |
0.0 |
2.8±0.14 |
0.1±0.11 |
0.0 |
5.5±0.09 |
0.3±0.02 |
| C18:2Δ9(Z),12(E) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.5±0.03 |
| n=3 |