Table 1.
Zn- and Cd-inducible S. caprea genes identified in the SSH library screening, grouped according to GO terms.
| GO term name | GO term number | Unique ESTs in SSH library (total ESTs) |
|---|---|---|
| Amino acid metabolism | GO:0006520 | 4 (9) |
| Carbohydrate Metabolism | GO:0005975 | 4 (6) |
| Carbon fixation | GO:0015977 | 5 (13) |
| Cellular nitrogen compound metabolism | GO:0034641 | 4 (5) |
| Cellular response to unfolded protein | GO:0034620 | 2 (2) |
| Cell wall modification | GO:0042545 | 7 (9) |
| Cytoskeleton organization | GO:0007010 | 4 (4) |
| Developmenta | – | 6 (6) |
| Disease resistance | GO:0009614 | 5 (6) |
| Energy homeostasis | GO:0097009 | 7 (7) |
| Glycolysis | GO:0006096 | 2 (3) |
| Kinase activity (molecular function)b | GO:0016301 | 9 (11) |
| Lipid metabolic process | GO:0006629 | 6 (7) |
| Metal ion transport | GO:0030001 | 5 (8) |
| Nucleic acid metabolic process | GO:0090304 | 5 (5) |
| Oxidation–reduction process | GO:0055114 | 9 (11) |
| Photosynthesis | GO:0015979 | 29 (53) |
| Predicted protein of unknown function | – | 20 (32) |
| Protein binding (molecular function)b | GO:0005515 | 5 (5) |
| Protein transport | GO:0015031 | 4 (4) |
| Regulation of protein metabolism | GO:0051246 | 9 (11) |
| Regulation of transcription | GO:0045449 | 15 (17) |
| Phenylpropanoid biosynthetic process | GO:0009699 | 3 (5) |
| Rapid alkalinization factor-like (RALFL) | – | 2 (120) |
| Signaling | GO:0023052 | 9 (11) |
| Translation | GO:0006412 | 9 (11) |
| Transport | GO:0006810 | 2 (2) |
| No hit | – | 9 (9) |
| Others (miscellaneous)c | – | 13 (13) |
| Total | 213 (405) |
a
“Development” summarizes several developmental processes of different “biological process” GO terms.
b
Annotation according to GO terms “molecular function” due to the high diversity of biological processes in which the gene products are involved.
c
For details, see Supplementary Table S2.