... 0.318:2D9,12 – – 58.3 ± 0.1 43.5 ± 0.618:3D6,9,12 – – – 11.1 ± 0.818:3D9,12,1542.6 ± 1.2 36.7 ± 1.9 – – 18:4D6,9,12,15 – 5.2 ± 0.1 – – 20:2D11,14 – – – 2.9 ± 0.120:3D8,11,14 – – – 1.7 ± 0.1ARA – ... 2.9 ± 0.120:3D8,11,14 – – – 1.7 ± 0.1ARA – – – 0.17 ± 0.0320:3D11,14,17 – 4.7 ± 0.6 – – 20:4D8,11,14,17 – 1.5 ± 0.2 – – EPA – 0.23 ± 0.03 – – 4110 F. Domergue et al. (Eur. J. Biochem. 269) ... insensitivity of front-end desaturases and elongases to the presence of an x3-double bond and of x3-desaturases to the structure of the carboxyl end of thefatty acids, the existence of separate x3- and...