Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Key Pathways and Hormone Activities Involved in Early Microtuber Formation of Dioscorea opposita
Table 1
Significantly enriched pathways identified using the KOBAS database based on DEGs identified during microtuber formation.
BUD vs. EXP
MTV vs. EXP
MTV vs. BUD
Pathway
Pathway ID
Bn
Nt
value
Corrected value
Nt
value
Corrected value
Nt
value
Corrected value
Photosynthesis-antenna proteins
ko00196
39
7
3.36-10
5.94-08
Flavonoid biosynthesis
ko00941
81
35
5.07-07
8.97-05
Ribosome
ko03010
251
104
0
0
Glycolysis/gluconeogenesis
ko00010
145
51
3.27-06
0.000289
45
6.34-06
0.000561
Phenylalanine metabolism
ko00360
110
41
5.76-06
0.00034
Citrate cycle (TCA cycle)
ko00020
73
27
0.000252
0.008928
24
0.000341
0.020113
Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis
ko00940
163
50
0.000236
0.008928
Microbial metabolism in diverse environments
ko01120
418
107
0.000518
0.01477
Flavone and flavonol biosynthesis
ko00944
27
13
0.000584
0.01477
Carbon metabolism
ko01200
296
79
0.000741
0.016394
Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites
ko01110
1104
250
0.001075
0.019019
Butanoate metabolism
ko00650
22
11
0.001043
0.019019
Steroid biosynthesis
ko00100
27
12
0.000511
0.022627
DNA replication
ko03030
37
14
0.001257
0.044508
Note: Bn (background number) indicates the total number of transcripts present in each pathway. Nt (number of transcripts) indicates the number of DEGs in each pathway. Pathways enrichment analysis with corrected value ≤ 0.05 were included.