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Table 1 Fatty acid profiles in various yeast strains cultured with feeding of exogenous fatty acids

From: Ectopic overexpression of a type-II DGAT (CeDGAT2-2) derived from oil-rich tuber of Cyperus esculentus enhances accumulation of oil and oleic acid in tobacco leaves

Strains

Fatty acid composition (% of total FAs)

C16:0

C16:1

C18:0

C18:1

C18:2

No FA adding

 Wild-type

15.57 ± 0.64

36.80 ± 1.53

9.93 ± 0.67

37.73 ± 1.08

 

 CeDGAT2-2

11.75 ± 1.23*

32.83 ± 1.64

10.44 ± 1.08

44.98 ± 0.95*

 

C16:0 adding

 Wild-type

15.93 ± 1.02

37.66 ± 0.81

9.78 ± 1.06

36.63 ± 1.34

 

 CeDGAT2-2

14.06 ± 0.62*

32.03 ± 0.81

10.31 ± 1.27

43.60 ± 0.57*

 

C18:1 adding

 Wild-type

15.97 ± 0.99

35.99 ± 0.43

9.01 ± 0.68

39.03 ± 1.38

 

 CeDGAT2-2

9.82 ± 0.89*

30.49 ± 0.73

9.83 ± 0.12

49.86 ± 1.08**

 

C18:2 adding

 Wild-type

14.98 ± 1.28

33.67 ± 1.93

10.17 ± 0.84

35.71 ± 0.72

5.47 ± 0.09

 CeDGAT2-2

6.54 ± 0.75*

30.98 ± 1.22*

8.52 ± 0.85

40.21 ± 1.48*

13.75 ± 0.81**

  1. Fatty acid content was expressed as percentage of total FAs. Each value is the mean ± SE of six biological replicates.* and ** indicate statistically significant differences between samples (t-test) at P < 0.05, and P < 0.01, respectively