Table 1 Comparison of acyl acceptor specificities of different wax ester synthases using palmitoyl coenzyme A as the acyl donor

Ethanol

0.67 ± 0.15

4.6 ± 0.55

8.1 ± 1.87

2.7 ± 0.37

3.8 ± 0.51

5.9 ± 0.83

Butanol

0.42 ± 0.21

10.8 ± 1.60

14.6 ± 1.75

6.8 ± 0.82

3.5 ± 0.53

4.2 ± 0.46

1-hexanol

0.72 ± 0.20

17.3 ± 2.04

33.8 ± 3.77

16.1 ± 2.29

10.2 ± 1. 59

18.7 ± 2.19

1-octanol

0.83 ± 0.19

23.0 ± 2.39

45.7 ± 4.51

32.3 ± 3.84

22.3 ± 2.44

17.7 ± 1.67

1-decanol

0.75 ± 0.21

19.7 ± 3.11

41.1 ± 4.13

37.3 ± 3.90

33.5 ± 2.22

27.5 ± 2.50

1-dodecanol

0.78 ± 0.17

31.8 ± 3.48

48.4 ± 4.56

36.7 ± 3.78

44.2 ± 3.07

42.8 ± 3.11

1-tetradecanol

0.81 ± 0.27

45.0 ± 4.72

49.7 ± 4.38

33.5 ± 3.66

35.1 ± 2.87

36.5 ± 3.03

1-hexadecanol

0.90 ± 0.20

41.6 ± 2.21

49.0 ± 3.65

28.9 ± 3.29

35.5 ± 2.91

39.1 ± 2.72

1-octadecanol

0.77 ± 0.21

43.6 ± 2.21

40.1 ± 3.77

30.9 ± 3.12

39.5 ± 2.64

38.3 ± 2.32