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Table 1 Enrichment analysis of metabolic pathways significantly over-represented in the three wheat genotypes

From: Comparative transcriptomic and metabolic analysis of wild and domesticated wheat genotypes reveals differences in chemical and physical defense responses against aphids

Gene expression pattern

Cluster number

Pathway Description

P value

High in Zavitan

1

acyl-CoA thioesterase pathway

1.05E-02

sucrose degradation

1.29E-02

starch degradation

1.87E-02

β-D-glucuronide degradation

4.19E-02

2

superpathway of polyamine biosynthesis

2.06E-02

β-alanine betaine biosynthesis

3.56E-02

Low in Zavitan

3

threonine biosynthesis from homoserine

2.44E-02

flavonoid biosynthesis

2.73E-02

phenylpropanoid biosynthesis

3.37E-02

de novo biosynthesis of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleotides

4.06E-02

4

cellulose biosynthesis

2.70E-03

trehalose degradation (high osmolarity)

1.47E-02

phospholipases

1.76E-02

ascorbate biosynthesis

2.24E-02

Slightly low in Svevo

5

isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthesis

3.52E-04

glycine cleavage complex

7.60E-03

divinyl ether biosynthesis II (13-LOX)

1.41E-02

13-LOX and 13-HPL pathway

1.41E-02

brassinosteroid biosynthesis

2.62E-02

glycerol degradation

3.45E-02

reductive TCA cycle

4.88E-02

6

brassinosteroid biosynthesis

1.29E-03

UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine biosynthesis

3.91E-03

UDP-glucose conversion

4.78E-03

Calvin cycle

4.78E-03

GDP-L-fucose biosynthesis I (from GDP-D-mannose)

5.53E-03

NAD salvage pathway II

9.16E-03

UDP-galactose biosynthesis

1.10E-02

ent-kaurene biosynthesis

1.17E-02

dTDP-L-rhamnose biosynthesis

1.95E-02

superpathway of GA12 biosynthesis

2.10E-02

galactose degradation

2.22E-02

γ-glutamyl cycle

2.55E-02

GDP-D-rhamnose biosynthesis

4.59E-02

Slightly low in Zavitan

7

glutathione biosynthesis

1.91E-04

β-alanine biosynthesis

3.66E-03

gluconeogenesis

5.68E-03

tyrosine degradation

5.82E-03

phospholipid desaturation

1.87E-02

fatty acid β-oxidation

3.98E-02

glycolipid biosynthesis

4.11E-02

methionine biosynthesis

4.11E-02

homocysteine and cysteine biosynthesis

4.77E-02

Slightly low in Chinese Spring

8

cytokinins biosynthesis

1.48E-03

  1. Gene expression patterns were sorted into eight clusters, as determined by a k-means analysis of transcripts detected in the three wheat genotypes, and analyzed using a MetGenMAP pathway enrichment analysis [45]