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Table 2 Selected genes related to carbohydrate (CHO) synthesis metabolism, storage and mobilization

From: Transcriptomic analysis of grain amaranth (Amaranthus hypochondriacus) using 454 pyrosequencing: comparison with A. tuberculatus, expression profiling in stems and in response to biotic and abiotic stress

Gene description

No. Isotigs

Starch synthase I

3

Starch synthase II

7

Starch synthase III

1

Starch synthase V

3

Starch synthase VI

1

Granule-bound starch synthase I

2

Starch ramifying enzyme I

5

Starch ramifying enzyme II

1

Starch phosphorylase I

1

Starch phosphorylase H

4

Pullulanase

1

Iso-amylase II

2

Iso-amylase III

1

SnRK1 (SNF1-Related Protein Kinase-1)

2

SNF4 (Sucrose non-fermenting-4)

1

Glucose-6-P/phosphate transporter

5

Phosphoenol pyruvate/phosphate transporter

8

Triose P/phosphate transporter

8

AGPase small subunit

1

AGPase large subunit

3

Sucrose synthase

7

Invertase (vacuolar)

4

Invertase (neutral/alkaline)

14

Invertase (cell wall)

1

Invertase inhibitors/PMEI

7

P-glucomutase

10

  1. The genes listed were identified in the GS-FLX 454 and GS-FLXTM pyrosequencing of A. hypochondriacus and could be potentially involved in CHO re-localization associated with tolerance to defoliation by insect herbivory or mechanical damage.