Table 5. Amino acids metabolism related functions targeted by microRNAs associated with dairy efficiency of cows under different diets.
| Item | Alfalfa hay |
Rice straw |
Corn stover |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | Positive | Negative | |
| Rumen | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 1.53E-04, n = 13) | Release of L-amino acid (FDR = 4.51E-04, n = 13) | —* | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 2.72E-06, n = 18) | — | — |
| Metabolism of amino acids (FDR = 5.15E-03, n = 13) | — | — | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 8.01E-06, n = 13) | — | — | |
| — | — | — | Release of amino acids (FDR = 5.01E-05, n = 17) | — | — | |
| Duodenum | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 4.30E-02, n = 12) | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 3.93E-09, n = 68) | — | — | Release of amino acids (FDR = 9.01E-05, n = 32) | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 4.15E-05, n = 22) |
| — | Release of L-amino acid (FDR = 8.89E-06, n = 58) | — | — | — | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 5.30E-05, n = 30) | |
| — | — | — | — | — | Abnormal quantity of amino acids (FDR = 2.55E-04, n = 26) | |
| Jejunum | Transport of alpha-amino acid (FDR = 2.45E-04, n = 17) | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 5.45E-04, n = 20) | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 8.20E-07, n = 14) | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 1.36E-03, n = 6) | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 4.11E-04, n = 17) | — |
| — | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 7.96E-04, n = 20) | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 1.59E-05, n = 15) | — | — | — | |
| Liver | Phosphorylation of amino acids (FDR = 2.36E-06, n = 14) | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 2.62E-05, n = 13) | — | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 2.26E-06, n = 29) | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 3.45E-06, n = 36) | — |
| Mammary gland | Phosphorylation of amino acids (FDR = 1.83E-08, n = 44) | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 9.23E-03, n = 10) | — | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 2.66E-06, n = 31) | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 7.76E-04, n = 13) | Phosphorylation of L-amino acid (FDR = 3.93E-08, n = 49) |
| — | — | — | Transport of amino acids (FDR = 3.91E-04, n = 28) | Release of amino acids (FDR = 2.74E-03, n = 14) | — | |
*No function identified. n represents the number of dairy efficiency associated miRNAs.