Heterologous Reconstitution of Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Arabidopsis

Table 4

Comparison of published transgenic lines producing VLC-PUFAs and biosynthetic intermediates.

Reference	Plant species	Tissue	GLA	STA	DGLA	ARA	ETA	EPA	DPA
This work [63 transgenic T2 line in Table 3]; (Conversion efficiencies)	A.  thaliana	Seed	2.3; (7.0%, D6-des)	3.9; (21.3%, D6-des)	3.1; (59.2%, C18-elo)	0.3; (8.8%, D5-des)	2.9; (42.6%, C18-elo)	0.2; (6.5%, D5-des)	0.3; (60%, C20-elo)
Abbadi et al. [23]	N.  tabacum	Seed	29.3	—	1.8	1.5	—	—	—
	L.  usitatissimum	Seed	16.8	11.4	1.2	1.0	0.9	0.8	—
Kinney et al. [24]	G.  max	Seed	11.7	1.1	10.1	2.2	2.4	19.6	0.8
Cheng et al. [25]	B.  carinata	Seed	26.9	5.4	2.2	5.7	2.5	20.4	4.0
Robert et al. [26]	A.  thaliana	Seed	0.6	1.8	1.9	1.6	0.4	3.2	0.1
Hoffmann et al. [27]	A.  thaliana	Seed	>0.5	>0.1	0.8	0.1	0.9	0.05	—

Where shown, conversion efficiencies are calculated as [product]/[product + substrate] × 100. This value represents the overall percent of conversion of total substrate into total product formed.