Table 4 Identified metabolic pathways associated with RFI differences in young bulls fed either corn- or grass-silage diets.
Pathway | TC1 | Hits2 | Corn | Grass1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FDR3 | Impact4 | FDR | Impact | |||
\(\beta\)-Alanine metabolism | 21 | 5 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.5 |
Valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation | 40 | 3 | 0.01 | 0.00 | – | – |
Valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis | 8 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.00 | – | – |
Pyrimidine metabolism | 38 | 2 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.03 | 0.00 |
Purine metabolism | 66 | 1 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Propanoate metabolism | 23 | 1 | 0.03 | 0.00 | – | – |
Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism | 30 | 2 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis | 19 | 4 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 |
Nitrogen metabolism | 6 | 2 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Lysine degradation | 25 | 2 | 0.05 | 0.14 | – | – |
Histidine metabolism | 16 | 6 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.36 |
Glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism | 32 | 5 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.17 |
Glycerophospholipid metabolism | 36 | 1 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.03 |
Glutathione metabolism | 28 | 4 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.11 |
D-Glutamine and D-glutamate metabolism | 5 | 2 | – | – | 0.01 | 1.00 |
Butanoate metabolism | 15 | 1 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.00 |
Biotin metabolism | 10 | 1 | 0.05 | 0.00 | – | – |
Arginine biosynthesis | 14 | 6 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.48 |
Arginine and proline metabolism | 38 | 5 | – | – | 0.03 | 0.39 |
Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis | 48 | 20 | – | – | 0.03 | 0.17 |
Alanine, aspartate and glutamate metabolism | 28 | 5 | – | – | 0.01 | 0.53 |
