Table 2 Transgenic Arabidopsis seed fatty acid profiles

From: Rapid expression of transgenes driven by seed-specific constructs in leaf tissue: DHA production

Fatty acid	Columbia	pJP3057 JB-7
Usual FA
16:0	7.7	7.6
18:0	3.1	3.7
20:0	2.1	1.8
18:1^Δ9	12.9	12.8
20:1^Δ11	18.3	16.3
18:2^Δ9,12	27.8	27.2
18:3^Δ9,12,15	19.7	17.3
Other minor	8.4	8.0
Total	100	94.7
New ω6 PUFA
18:3^Δ6,9,12	-	1.4
20:3^Δ8,11,14	-	-
20:4^Δ5,8,11,14	-	-
Total	0	1.4
New ω3 PUFA
18:4^Δ6,9,12,15	-	0.4 (18% Δ6-des)
20:4^Δ8,11,14,17	-	0.6 (90% Δ6-elo)
20:5 ^{Δ5,8,11,14,17}	-	0.2 (83% Δ5-des)
22:5^{Δ7,10,13,16,19}	-	0.3 (93% Δ5-elo)
22:6 ^{Δ4,7,10,13,16,19}	-	2.4 (89% Δ4-des)
Total	0	3.9
Total new FA	0	5.3
Total FA	100	100

Profiles of fatty acid methyl esters produced directly from transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana (ecotype Columbia) seed stably transformed with construct pJP3057. Conversion efficiencies are calculated as in Table 1.

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