Fig. 7
Expression profiles of genes involved in carotenoid synthesis in C. zofingiensis based on transcriptomic analyses. PSY phytoene synthase, PDS phytoene desaturase, ZDS zeta-carotene desaturase, lcyB lycopene beta-cyclase, LUT1 carotenoid epsilon hydroxylase, LUT5 beta-ring hydroxylase, crtZ beta-carotene 3-hydroxylase, CruP lycopene cyclase Crup, BKT beta-carotene 4-ketolase. (The log2FC values were utilized to create a heat map showing the expression levels of each gene compared to the control, the * was significantly different from the control group, p ≤ 0.05)