Table 1 Functional characterization of the amphioxus Elovl2/5, the sea lamprey Elovl5, Elovl2 and mutated Elovl2 and the elephant shark Elovl5 and Elovl2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

From: Evolutionary functional elaboration of the Elovl2/5 gene family in chordates

FA substrate

FA product

Amphioxus Elovl2/5

Sea lamprey Elovl5

Sea lamprey Elovl2

Sea lampreymutated Elovl2

Elephant shark Elovl5

Elephant shark Elovl2

18:4n-3

20:4n-3

21

56

9

0

69

7

18:3n-6

20:3n-6

55

40

0

0

74

3

20:5n-3

22:5n-3

87

12

88

57

65

85

20:4n-6

22:4n-6

88

8

25

8

56

82

22:5n-3

24:5n-3

14

0

0

2

5

43

22:4n-6

24:4n-6

4

0

0

0

2

37

  1. Conversions were calculated according to the formula (all product areas/(all products areas + substrate area)) ×10.