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Table 4 Primary, Intermediate, and Secondary Metabolic Pathways in Citrus

From: Analysis of 13000 unique Citrus clusters associated with fruit quality, production and salinity tolerance

Pathway

Enzymatic Activity

EC reaction

Unigenesa

ESTsb

Glycolysis

Hexokinase

2.7.1.1

4 (2)c

6 (4)d

 

Glucose-6-phosphoisomerase

5.3.1.9

6 (1)

16 (1)

 

6-Phosphofructokinase

2.7.1.11

10

35

 

Fructose 1,6-biphosphate aldolase

4.1.2.13

12 (7)

71 (9)

 

Triose phosphate isomerase

5.3.1.1

8 (1)

22 (1)

 

Glyceraldehyde 3-P dehydrogenase

1.2.1.12

8 (2)

52 (8)

 

Phosphoglycerate kinase

2.7.2.3

6 (1)

15 (3)

 

Phosphoglycerate mutase

5.4.2.1

1

5

 

Enolase

4.2.1.11

7 (4)

28 (5)

 

Pyruvate kinase

2.7.1.40

10 (1)

69 (9)

Tricarboxylic acid cycle (Krebs cycle)

Citrate synthase

4.1.3.7

2

13

 

Aconitase

4.2.1.3

6 (1)

31 (1)

 

Isocitrate dehydrogenase

1.1.1.42

3

59

 

a-Ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex

1.2.4.2

No hits

No hits

 

Succinyl-CoA synthetase

6.2.1.5

2

14

 

Succinate dehydrogenase

1.3.5.1

2

20

 

Fumarase

4.2.1.2

3 (2)

30 (5)

 

Malate dehydrogenase

1.1.99.16

4

24

Oxidative/nonoxidative pentose phosphate pathway

Glucose 6-P-1-dehydrogenase

1.1.1.49

4

4

 

6-Phosphogluconolactonase

3.1.1.31

2

10

 

6-Phosphogluconate dehydrogenase

1.1.1.44

15

47

 

Ribose-5-P isomerase

5.3.1.6

3

12

 

Ribose-5-P 3-epimerase

5.1.3.1

No hits

No hits

 

Transketolase

2.2.1.1

3 (2)

22 (11)

 

Transaldolase

2.2.1.2

4 (2)

20 (17)

Aromatic amino acid biosynthesis

3-Deoxy-D-arabino-heptulosonate 7-P synthase

4.1.2.15

No hits

No hits

 

3-Dehydroquinate synthase

4.2.3.4

2

2

 

3-Dehydroquinate dehydratase

4.2.1.10

2

2

 

Shikimate 5 dehydrogenase

1.1.1.25

1

14

 

Shikimate kinase

2.7.1.71

7

10

 

5-Enolpyruvoylshikimate 3-P synthase

2.5.1.19

No hits

No hits

 

Chorismate synthase

4.2.3.5

2

2

 

Chorismate mutase

5.4.99.5

1

1

 

Prephenate dehydratase

4.2.1.51

3

5

 

Prephenate dehydrogenase

1.3.1.12

2 (1)

18 (2)

 

Aromatic amino acid transaminase

2.6.1.57

6

18

 

Anthranilate synthase

4.1.3.27

6 (1)

46 (29)

 

Anthranilate phosphoribosyl transferase

2.4.2.18

4

6

 

Phosphoribosylanthranilate synthase

5.3.1.24

No hits

No hits

 

Indol-3-glycerol phosphate synthase

4.1.1.48

4 (2)

6 (2)

 

Trp synthase

4.2.1.20

8 (1)

30 (1)

 

Phe ammonia-lyase

4.3.1.5

5

13

 

Cinnamate 4-hydroxilase

1.14.13.11

1

3

 

4-Coumarate coenzyme A ligase

6.2.1.12

10 (1)

40 (1)

Flavonol biosynthesis

Naringenin chalcone synthase

2.3.1.74

6

48

 

Chalcone isomerase

5.5.1.6

3

17

 

Flavanone 3-hydroxylase

1.14.11.9

2 (1)

12 (1)

 

Flavonol 3-hydroxylase

1.14.13.21

6

7

 

Flavonol synthase

No E.C.

2

19

 

Flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase

No E.C.

No hits

No hits

Flavonoid biosynthetic pathway: anthocyanin biosynthesis

Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase

1.1.1.219

No hits

No hits

 

Leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase

NoE.C.

2

33

 

UDP-flavonol 3-O-glucosyltransferase

2.4.1.-

No hits

No hits

 

Anthocyanin 5-O-glucosyltransferase

NoE.C.

2

9

 

Anthocyanin 5-aromatic acyltransferase

2.3.4.153

6

36

 

Anthocyanin permease

NoE.C.

No hits

No hits

Proanthocyanidin biosynthesis

Anthocyanidin reductase

1.3.1.77

No hits

No hits

 

Leucoanthocyanindin reductase

No E.C.

2 (1)

4 (2)

  1. aNumber of citrus unigenes annotated with the emzymatic activiy
  2. bTotal number of ESTs corresponding with the unigenes
  3. The number between brackets indicates the number of unigenes (c) or ESTs (d) that are first reported in this work