Transcriptomic Profiling of Dioscorea alata Roots Highlights Starch and Sucrose Metabolism Pathways
摘要
Yam is widely loved for its medicinal, health benefits and delicious taste. This study sequenced transcriptomes of different parts of Dioscorea alata roots using Illumina HiSeq 2000, obtaining 47,547 unigenes (average length 1803 bp, N50 2605 bp) via de novo assembly. It detected 1162, 2754 and 3607 DEGs in S1-vs.-S2, S1-vs.-S3 and S1-vs.-S4, with 416 DEGs shared across all groups. Functional annotation showed genes may participate in cellular processes, biological regulation, metabolism, stimulus response, etc. Detailed analysis covered DEGs related to starch and sucrose metabolism, as well as classification of TFs in unigenes and DEGs. The transcriptome resources here will aid gene discovery and utilization, boosting D. alata molecular breeding.