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Table 5 Fatty acid composition in S. elongatus expressing the empty vector pSyn6, CzFAD3A or CzFAD3B

From: Characterization of fatty acid desaturases reveals stress-induced synthesis of C18 unsaturated fatty acids enriched in triacylglycerol in the oleaginous alga Chromochloris zofingiensis

Fatty acids (%)

Without FFA feeding

With C18:2Δ9,12 feeding

With C18:3Δ9,12,15 feeding

pSyn6

CzFAD3A

CzFAD3B

pSyn6

CzFAD3A

CzFAD3B

pSyn6

CzFAD3A

CzFAD3B

C16:0

40.0 ± 3.2

38.1 ± 2.7

36.7 ± 2.2

39.9 ± 2.3

31.7 ± 1.9

38.9 ± 4.0

38.9 ± 3.6

30.7 ± 1.1

46.1 ± 1.5

C16:1Δ4

–

12.7 ± 1.1

–

–

8.7 ± 1.2

–

–

12.3 ± 1.1

–

C16:1Δ9

45.1 ± 5.1

40.6 ± 3.1

43.8 ± 1.9

42.7 ± 5.0

39.1 ± 1.4

37.1 ± 2.7

35.1 ± 1.4

35.0 ± 2.0

34.8 ± 3.2

C18:0

1.1 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.1

2.8 ± 0.2

1.1 ± 0.2

2.1 ± 0.3

3.7 ± 0.2

1.2 ± 0.1

1.4 ± 0.6

1.5 ± 0.1

C18:1Δ9

4.1 ± 0.9

2.2 ± 0.3

5.2 ± 0.9

3.1 ± 0.5

4.3 ± 0.7

4.2 ± 0.1

2.4 ± 0.3

2.2 ± 0.2

1.7 ± 0.1

C18:1Δ11

8.7 ± 1.8

4.8 ± 0.7

11.6 ± 1.0

6.7 ± 0.7

7.9 ± 0.6

9.3 ± 1.6

7.1 ± 0.9

5.0 ± 1.4

4.7 ± 0.3

C18:2Δ9,12

–

–

–

6.6 ± 0.2

6.2 ± 1.4

3.5 ± 0.3

–

–

–

C18:3Δ6,9,12

–

–

–

–

–

3.4 ± 0.6

–

–

–

C18:3Δ9,12,15

–

–

–

–

–

–

15.4 ± 1.1

12.6 ± 1.3

2.9 ± 0.2

C18:4Δ6,9,12,15

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.9 ± 0.0

8.3 ± 0.7