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Table 3 Functional annotation of transcripts (a) down- or (b) up-regulated at the higher temperature according to molecular main and sub-role

From: Effects of adult temperature on gene expression in a butterfly: identifying pathways associated with thermal acclimation

Main role

Sub-role

N

%

A

Cellular processes and signaling

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

81

12.3

 

Signal transduction mechanisms

34

5.2

Cytoskeleton

32

4.9

Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport

27

4.1

Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning

17

2.6

Defense mechanisms

6

0.9

Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis

4

0.6

Extracellular structures

4

0.6

Nuclear structure

3

0.5

Cell motility

1

0.2

Information storage and processing

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

52

7.9

 

Transcription

51

7.7

RNA processing and modification

49

7.4

Replication, recombination and repair

25

3.8

Chromatin structure and dynamics

11

1.7

Metabolism

Energy production and conversion

36

5.5

 

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

29

4.4

Amino acid transport and metabolism

21

3.2

Lipid transport and metabolism

12

1.8

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

10

1.5

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

9

1.4

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

7

1.1

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

6

0.9

Poorly characterized

General function prediction only

72

10.9

 

Function unknown

60

9.1

B

Cellular processes and signaling

Signal transduction mechanisms

95

22.1

 

Posttranslational modification, protein turnover, chaperones

26

6.0

Cytoskeleton

24

5.6

Intracellular trafficking, secretion, and vesicular transport

12

2.8

Cell cycle control, cell division, chromosome partitioning

8

1.9

Extracellular structures

7

1.6

Cell motility

3

0.7

Cell wall/membrane/envelope biogenesis

3

0.7

Nuclear structure

2

0.5

Defense mechanisms

1

0.2

Information storage and processing

Transcription

53

12.3

 

RNA processing and modification

26

6.0

Chromatin structure and dynamics

12

2.8

Translation, ribosomal structure and biogenesis

9

2.1

Replication, recombination and repair

8

1.9

Metabolism

Carbohydrate transport and metabolism

14

3.3

 

Energy production and conversion

12

2.8

Lipid transport and metabolism

12

2.8

Amino acid transport and metabolism

9

2.1

Inorganic ion transport and metabolism

7

1.6

Secondary metabolites biosynthesis, transport and catabolism

7

1.6

Nucleotide transport and metabolism

4

0.9

Coenzyme transport and metabolism

3

0.7

Poorly characterized

General function prediction only

54

12.6

 

Function unknown

19

4.4

  1. The tables show the number of transcripts being exclusively affected by the factor temperature according to cellular processes and signaling, information storage and processing, metabolism and poorly characterized. Annotations are based on COG/KOG after Prophane