Transcriptomic Profiling Uncovers Molecular Basis for Sugar and Acid Metabolism in Two Pomegranate (

Ding Ke, Yilong Zhang, Yingfen Teng, Xueqing Zhao

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Comparative Transcriptomic Analysis Reveals Sugar Metabolism and Accumulation Mechanisms inLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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Research progress on sucrose accumulation characteristics and their molecular regulatory networks in the fruits of fruit trees.Frontiers in plant science · 2026
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Ding KeCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.

Yilong ZhangCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.

Yingfen TengCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.

Xueqing ZhaoCo-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1057-8458

Funding

China Scholarship Council [202208320188]Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu High Education Institutions [PAPD] [PAPD]

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soluble sugars and organic acids constitute the primary flavor determinants in fruits and elucidating their metabolic mechanisms provides crucial theoretical foundations for fruit breeding practices and food industry development. Through integrated physiological and transcriptomic analysis of pomegranate varieties 'Sharp Velvet' with high acid content and 'Azadi' with low acid content, this study demonstrated that the differences in flavor between the two varieties were mainly caused by differences in citric acid content rather than in soluble sugar content. Transcriptome profiling identified 11 candidate genes involved in sugar and acid metabolism, including three genes associated with soluble sugar metabolism (

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differentially expressed genesorganic acidspomegranatesoluble sugarstranscription factortranscriptomic profile

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PMID40428534

DOI10.3390/foods14101755

PMCPMC12111560

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