Table 3.
Top 40 Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways in the white‐tailed deer de novo assembly transcriptome
| Pathway | Sequences in pathway | Number of enzymes |
|---|---|---|
| Purine metabolism | 843 | 55 |
| Biosynthesis of antibiotics | 841 | 126 |
| Pyrimidine metabolism | 343 | 33 |
| Glycerophospholipid metabolism | 255 | 31 |
| Phosphatidylinositol signaling system | 250 | 22 |
| Lysine degradation | 244 | 19 |
| Aminoacyl‐tRNA biosynthesis | 230 | 24 |
| Glycolysis/gluconeogenesis | 228 | 26 |
| Glutathione metabolism | 199 | 19 |
| Drug metabolism—cytochrome P450 | 194 | 7 |
| Fatty acid degradation | 186 | 15 |
| Tryptophan metabolism | 183 | 21 |
| Glycerolipid metabolism | 180 | 16 |
| Metabolism of xenobiotics by cytochrome P450 | 178 | 8 |
| Oxidative phosphorylation | 178 | 7 |
| Pyruvate metabolism | 174 | 20 |
| Amino sugar and nucleotide sugar metabolism | 174 | 35 |
| Glycine, serine, and threonine metabolism | 170 | 31 |
| Carbon fixation pathways in prokaryotes | 163 | 20 |
| Inositol phosphate metabolism | 162 | 21 |
| T‐cell receptor signaling pathway | 162 | 2 |
| Thiamine metabolism | 161 | 4 |
| Valine, leucine, and isoleucine degradation | 159 | 24 |
| Nicotinate and nicotinamide metabolism | 157 | 16 |
| Citrate cycle (TCA cycle) | 156 | 17 |
| Arachidonic acid metabolism | 142 | 17 |
| Sphingolipid metabolism | 142 | 20 |
| Cysteine and methionine metabolism | 139 | 25 |
| Pentose phosphate pathway | 125 | 17 |
| Drug metabolism—other enzymes | 122 | 17 |
| Methane metabolism | 120 | 15 |
| Steroid hormone biosynthesis | 117 | 16 |
| Butanoate metabolism | 111 | 15 |
| Arginine and proline metabolism | 108 | 23 |
| Retinol metabolism | 105 | 10 |
| Alanine, aspartate, and glutamate metabolism | 103 | 24 |
| Starch and sucrose metabolism | 102 | 18 |
| Propanoate metabolism | 101 | 16 |
| Biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids | 100 | 8 |