Abstract:According to the cDNA sequence of GPAT from squash ( Cucurbita moschata) reported in 1988, using RT - PCR technical, we isolated the cDNA encoding a glycerol - 3 - phosphate acyltransferase ( GPAT) from figleaf gourd ( Cucurbita ficifolia) cotyledons and subcloned in pGEM - T vector system. The cDNA and the deduced amino acid sequence of figleaf gourd GPAT have 98 and 96.5 homologous with squash respectively. Among the deduced amino acid residues thirteen of them are different from that of squash.