Research Article

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. EXPMTV vs. EXPMTV vs. BUD
PathwayPathway IDBnNt valueCorrected valueNt valueCorrected valueNt valueCorrected value

Photosynthesis-antenna proteinsko001963973.36-105.94-08
Flavonoid biosynthesisko0094181355.07-078.97-05
Ribosomeko0301025110400
Glycolysis/gluconeogenesisko00010145513.27-060.000289456.34-060.000561
Phenylalanine metabolismko00360110415.76-060.00034
Citrate cycle (TCA cycle)ko0002073270.0002520.008928240.0003410.020113
Phenylpropanoid biosynthesisko00940163500.0002360.008928
Microbial metabolism in diverse environmentsko011204181070.0005180.01477
Flavone and flavonol biosynthesisko0094427130.0005840.01477
Carbon metabolismko01200296790.0007410.016394
Biosynthesis of secondary metabolitesko0111011042500.0010750.019019
Butanoate metabolismko0065022110.0010430.019019
Steroid biosynthesisko0010027120.0005110.022627
DNA replicationko0303037140.0012570.044508

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.