Objective]Tung oil extracted from tung tree ( Vernicia fordii) kernels has extremely high economic value. Tung oil contains α-eleostearic acid up to 70 percent. However,there are some difficulties in screening enzyme genes involved in α-eleostearic acid metabolism of tung tree due to very few studies being carried out on plant α-eleostearic acid metabolism pathway. Studies on metabolism pathway of α-linolenic acid,the isomers of α-eleostearic acid,were more in-depth and provide an example for analyses of metabolism pathway ofα-eleostearic...