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Table 2 Summary of enzymes involved in ALA metabolism identified by the annotation of the Sacha Inchi transcriptome

From: De novo transcriptome assembly of the eight major organs of Sacha Inchi (Plukenetia volubilis) and the identification of genes involved in α-linolenic acid metabolism

ALA biosynthesis

EC No.

Enzyme abbreviation

Enzyme full name

No. of unigenes

 1.1.1.100

KAR

Ketoacyl-ACP reductase

28

 1.3.1.9

EAR

Enoyl-ACP reductase

3

 1.14.19.1

SAD

Stearoyl-CoA desaturase

66

 1.14.19.6

FAD2

Fatty acid desaturase 2

29

 1.14.19.22

FAD6

Fatty acid desaturase 6

6

 1.14.19.25

FAD3

Fatty acid desaturase 3

8

 1.14.19.35

FAD7

Fatty acid desaturase 7

17

 1.14.19.36

FAD8

Fatty acid desaturase 8

2

 2.3.1.179

KAS II

Ketoacyl-ACP synthase II

19

 2.3.1.180

KAS III

Ketoacyl-ACP synthase III

3

 3.1.2.14

FATA

Acyl-ACP thioesterase A

2

 3.1.2.21

FATB

Acyl-ACP thioesterase B

7

 6.4.1.2

ACC

Acetyl-CoA carboxylase

21

Fatty acid catabolism

EC No.

Enzyme abbreviation

Enzyme full name

No. of unigenes

 6.2.1.3

LACS

Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase

27

 4.2.1.17

 1.1.1.35

MFP2

Multifunctional protein

15

 1.3.3.6

ACX

Acyl-CoA oxidase

16

 2.3.1.16

KAT

3-ketoacyl-CoA thiolase

31

TAG biosynthesis

EC No.

Enzyme abbreviation

Enzyme full name

No. of unigenes

 2.3.1.15

GPAT

Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase

12

 2.3.1.51

LPAAT

Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase

2

 3.1.3.4

PP

Phosphatidate phosphatase

10

 2.3.1.20

DGAT

Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase

4

 2.3.1.158

PDAT

Phospholipid: diacylglycerol acyltransferase

5