Table 2 Biological processes (Gene ontology) significantly associated with cis eQTL genes in the frontal cortex of the Array Collection samples

From: Association between SNPs and gene expression in multiple regions of the human brain

Biological process categories

Count

Fraction (%)

P -value

GO:0006541–glutamine metabolic process

6

0.13

5.00E−05

GO:0009064–glutamine family amino acid metabolic process

8

0.17

1.50E−04

GO:0006412–translation

19

0.41

5.10E−04

GO:0046907–intracellular transport

28

0.60

1.80E−03

GO:0006414–translational elongation

9

0.19

2.00E−03

GO:0009069–serine family amino acid metabolic process

5

0.11

2.50E−03

GO:0034613–cellular protein localization

19

0.41

5.50E−03

GO:0070727–cellular macromolecule localization

19

0.41

5.80E−03

GO:0002474–antigen processing and presentation of peptide antigen via MHC class I

4

0.09

6.00E−03

GO:0002483–antigen processing and presentation of endogenous peptide antigen

3

0.06

7.10E−03

GO:0019885–antigen processing and presentation of endogenous peptide antigen via MHC class I

3

0.06

7.10E−03

GO:0006508–proteolysis

37

0.79

7.60E−03

GO:0006605–protein targeting

12

0.26

9.50E−03

GO:0006886–intracellular protein transport

17

0.36

1.10E−02

GO:0019882–antigen processing and presentation

7

0.15

1.10E−02

GO:0046777–protein amino acid autophosphorylation

7

0.15

1.20E−02

GO:0015031–protein transport

28

0.60

1.30E−02

GO:0019883–antigen processing and presentation of endogenous antigen

3

0.06

1.30E−02

GO:0045184–establishment of protein localization

28

0.60

1.40E−02

GO:0051603–proteolysis involved in cellular protein catabolic process

23

0.49

1.70E−02

GO:0044257–cellular protein catabolic process

23

0.49

1.70E−02

GO:0043632–modification-dependent macromolecule catabolic process

22

0.47

2.00E−02

GO:0019941–modification-dependent protein catabolic process

22

0.47

2.00E−02

GO:0001510–RNA methylation

3

0.06

2.00E−02

GO:0044265–cellular macromolecule catabolic process

26

0.56

2.30E−02

GO:0030163–protein catabolic process

23

0.49

2.40E−02

GO:0009070–serine family amino acid biosynthetic process

3

0.06

2.40E−02

GO:0048002–antigen processing and presentation of peptide antigen

4

0.09

2.40E−02

GO:0008104–protein localization

30

0.64

2.50E−02

GO:0007143–female meiosis

3

0.06

2.90E−02

GO:0044271–nitrogen compound biosynthetic process

14

0.30

3.20E−02

GO:0006607–NLS-bearing substrate import into nucleus

3

0.06

3.30E−02

GO:0034660–ncRNA metabolic process

11

0.24

3.50E−02

GO:0006625–protein targeting to peroxisome

3

0.06

3.80E−02

GO:0043574–peroxisomal transport

3

0.06

4.40E−02

GO:0009057–macromolecule catabolic process

26

0.56

4.70E−02

GO:0006399–tRNA metabolic process

7

0.15

5.00E−02

  1. Abbreviations: eQTL, expression quantitative trait loci; GO, Gene Ontology; MHC, major histocompatibility complex; NLS, nuclear localization signal; tRNA, transfer RNA.