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Table 2 Conversion rate of fatty acyl substrates of yeast transformants containing the recombinant plasmids (pPyDes6 and pMPyDes6)

From: The codon-optimized Δ6-desaturase gene of Pythium sp. as an empowering tool for engineering n3/n6 polyunsaturated fatty acid biosynthesis

Substrate

Conversion rate of substrate to product (%)

pPyDes6

pMPyDes6

C16:1∆9

3.2 ± 0.0

26.3 ± 0.2

C18:1∆9

nda

11.8 ± 0.1

LA

5.4 ± 0.0

62.7 ± 0.6

ALA

4.2 ± 1.8

60.9 ± 1.3

  1. a nd not detectable