Fig. 3

Lipid metabolism pathways and the gene expression patterns of LDEGs of maize, castor bean, and rapeseed. a, the proportion of maize, castor bean, and rapeseed LDEGs in different lipid metabolism categories. a, plastidial fatty acid synthesis; b, TAG synthesis; c, plastidial glycerolipid, galactolipid and sulfolipid synthesis; d, eukaryotic phospholipid synthesis; e, beta-oxidation; f, TAG degradation; g, mitochondrial fatty acid and lipoic acid synthesis; h, mitochondrial phospholipid synthesis; i, lipid trafficking; j, sphingolipid synthesis; k, lipid signaling; l, miscellaneous: lipid related; m, fatty acid elongation and cuticular wax synthesis; n, cutin synthesis; o, cuticular wax synthesis; p, aliphatic suberin synthesis; q, aromatic suberin synthesis; r, phospholipase; s, lipid acylhydrolase; t, GDSL; u, galactolipid degradation; v, lipase. b and c, the expression pattern clusters of lipid biosynthetic (b) and lipid metabolic (c) DEGs in three species