Table 3 Expression variation of unigenes involved in the carbon fixation pathway based on KO database annotation

C4 pathway

Alanine transaminase

comp17488_c0

4.6155 (+)

3.6601 (+)

1.5332

Pyruvate kinase

comp7242_c0

5.2379 (+)

3.1205 (+)

1.2953

comp7349_c0

-3.8143 (-)

-1.4483

-1.3880

Aspartate aminotransferase

comp17944_c0

10.790 (+)

6.0394 (+)

2.7419

comp17944_c1

6.3935 (+)

3.8670 (+)

2.3445

Malate dehydrogenase (decarboxylating) (NAD +)

comp15628_c0

3.5910

2.6086 (+)

-1.2936

C3 pathway

Phosphoribulokinase

comp19110_c0

186.94 (+)

180.14 (+)

16.370 (+)

Phosphoglycerate kinase

comp7447_c0

71.136 (+)

36.733 (+)

11.911 (+)

comp19092_c0

1230.5 (+)

1212.7 (+)

151.11 (+)

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NADP+)

comp15165_c0

326.49 (+)

328.01 (+)

42.775 (+)

Triosephosphate isomerase (TIM)

comp15251_c0

38.314 (+)

28.637 (+)

8.4790 (+)

comp7503_c1

292.10 (+)

217.79 (+)

47.895 (+)

comp7503_c0

208.44 (+)

150.65 (+)

36.866 (+)

Fructose-bisphosphate aldolase

comp18097_c0

100.59 (+)

117.82 (+)

9.8847 (+)

comp7456_c0

9.3775 (+)

6.2615 (+)

2.7501 (+)

comp17370_c0

-3.7428 (-)

-3.1323 (-)

-1.1993

Fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase I

comp8430_c0

326.94 (+)

212.64 (+)

39.057 (+)

comp15093_c1

61.987 (+)

73.303 (+)

6.7062 (+)

comp15093_c0

43.568 (+)

48.392 (+)

5.2318 (+)

comp16681_c0

5.5282 (+)

4.6589

3.3216 (+)

Transketolase

comp17812_c0

658.76 (+)

570.90 (+)

45.718 (+)

comp17812_c1

414.49 (+)

410.46 (+)

38.264 (+)

Sedoheptulose-bisphosphatase

comp11960_c0

132.77 (+)

147.66 (+)

18.114 (+)

Ribose 5-phosphate isomerase A

comp9522_c0

53.791 (+)

68.665 (+)

11.184 (+)

Ribulose-phosphate 3-epimerase

comp7253_c0

238.82 (+)

176.38 (+)

33.789 (+)