Table S1.In silico northern analysis of carotenogenic genes in Arabidopsis tissues

Gene / Expression values
Seedling / Rosette / Cauline / Stem / Root / Flower / Silique / Seed
DXS / 2942 / 2325 / 2592 / 2118 / 1066 / 2370 / 2015 / 1702
DXR / 1177 / 1730 / 2446 / 831 / 374 / 1286 / 1350 / 1254
IspD / 173 / 430 / 128 / 144 / 33 / 280 / 184 / 158
IspE / 192 / 281 / 223 / 111 / 55 / 166 / 143 / 112
IspF / 713 / 1017 / 1151 / 458 / 105 / 368 / 641 / 299
GGPS1 / 462 / 662 / 593 / 476 / 157 / 520 / 942 / 612
GGRS2 / 12 / 11 / 9 / 9 / 8 / 19 / 10 / 29
GGPS4 / 6 / 7 / 7 / 5 / 7 / 6 / 7 / 8
GGPS6 / 21 / 13 / 22 / 28 / 23 / 24 / 7 / 16
PSY / 1847 / 2468 / 3691 / 1850 / 210 / 1086 / 1083 / 421
PDS / 985 / 946 / 1509 / 488 / 238 / 566 / 1658 / 566
ZDS / 671 / 686 / 1190 / 380 / 210 / 421 / 594 / 319
CRTISO / 283 / 290 / 274 / 175 / 125 / 212 / 147 / 134
LCY-b / 732 / 577 / 1312 / 497 / 267 / 323 / 563 / 358
LCY-e / 391 / 674 / 518 / 293 / 61 / 479 / 234 / 96
BCH1 / 880 / 697 / 623 / 392 / 134 / 534 / 1037 / 1129
BCH2 / 351 / 101 / 202 / 35 / 28 / 56 / 89 / 34
CtrR-e / 213 / 275 / 236 / 136 / 21 / 230 / 133 / 64
ZEP / 2016 / 1080 / 4672 / 992 / 285 / 535 / 2096 / 328
VDE / 707 / 1121 / 867 / 340 / 53 / 287 / 374 / 105
CCD1 / 1395 / 1419 / 2919 / 875 / 936 / 600 / 1236 / 927
NCED2 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4 / 4
NCED3 / 28 / 48 / 112 / 15 / 15 / 9 / 35 / 15
CCD4 / 749 / 517 / 4582 / 192 / 4 / 12 / 3187 / 20
NCED5 / 5 / 5 / 8 / 5 / 4 / 5 / 4 / 4
NCED6 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 4 / 4 / 81 / 446
CCD7 / 15 / 19 / 13 / 14 / 12 / 10 / 12 / 13
CCD8 / 15 / 9 / 9 / 13 / 11 / 8 / 10 / 14
NCED9 / 6 / 6 / 6 / 5 / 5 / 5 / 357 / 357

Representative and universal data was selected from Arabidopsis gene expression database ( Expression of total 29 genesinvolved in carotenoid metabolic pathway was analyzed in different tissues ofArabidopsis. GenBank accession number: DXS, At4g15560; DXR, At5g62790;IspD, At2g02500;IspE, At2g26930;IspF, At1g63970;GGPS1, At4g36810;GGPS2, At2g23800;GGPS4, At2g18640;GGPS6, At1g49530;PSY, At5g17230;PDS, At4g14210;ZDS, At3g04870;CRTISO, At1g06820;LCY-b, At3g10230;LCY-e, At5g57030;BCH1, At4g25700;BCH2, At5g52570;CrtR-e, At3g53130; ZEP, At5g67030;VDE, At1g08550; CCD1, At3g63520; NCED2, At4g18350; NCED3, At3g14440; CCD4, At4g19170;NCED5, At1g30100;NCED6, At3g24220;CCD7, At2g44990;CCD8, At4g32810;NCED9, At1g78390. Abbreviations:DXS, 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase; DXR, 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase; IspD, 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritolsynthase; IspE, 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritolkinase; IspF, 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 2,4-cyclodiphosphatesynthase; GGPS, geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate synthase; PSY, phytoene synthase PDS, phytoene desaturase; ZDS, ζ-carotene desaturase; CRTISO, carotenoid isomerase; LCY-b, lycopene-β-cyclase; LCY-e, lycopene-ε-cyclase; BCH, β-carotene hydroxylase; CrtR-e, α-carotene hydroxylase; ZEP, zeaxanthin epoxidase; VDE, violaxanthin de-epoxidase; CCD, carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase; NCED, 9-cis-epoxicarotenoid dioxygenase.