Table 3 Correlation between expression of catechins and caffeine biosynthesis-related genes and total catechin and caffeine content among three tea cultivars during development and seasonal variation.

From: Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Chinary, Assamica and Cambod tea (Camellia sinensis) Types during Development and Seasonal Variation using RNA-seq Technology

TC

Caffeine

Gene

A

MD

D

MA

Gene

A

MD

D

MA

PAL

0.903*

0.619

0.758*

0.829*

IMPDH

0.831*

−0.786*

−0.427

0.556

C4H

0.922*

0.845*

0.606

0.735

AMPD

0.725*

0.741

−0.584

0.959*

4CL

0.791*

0.829*

0.672

0.661

SAMS

0.816*

0.829*

0.528

0.962*

CHS

0.796*

0.872*

0.668

0.682

MXMT

0.323

−0.009

0.259

0.649

CHI

0.845*

0.734

0.402

0.767*

TCS

0.524

0.459

0.431

0.840*

F3′H

0.914*

0.337

0.632

0.805*

XDH

−0.911*

−0.788*

−0.715

−0.733

F3′5′H

0.881*

0.641

0.258

0.691

5′NT

0.873*

0.804*

0.007

0.309

FNS

0.268

0.832*

0.746*

−0.524

     

F3H

0.592

0.666

0.402

0.625

     

DFR

0.980**

0.805*

0.431

0.864*

     

LAR

0.978**

0.787*

0.416

0.958**

     

ANS

0.957**

0.833*

−0.206

0.965**

     

ANR

0.361

0.603

0.333

0.391

     

FLS

0.352

0.112

0.003

−0.450

     
  1. Asterisks indicate that the genes from catechin and caffeine pathways are significantly correlated with the catechin and caffeine content (*P ≤ 0.05 and 0.01, **P ≤ 0.001).
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