RNA sequencing data analysis of the yeast Vanrija (Cryptococcus) humicola strain UJ1 grown on l- and d-aspartate

The yeast Vanrija (previously Cryptococcus) humicola strain UJ1 produces d-aspartate oxidase (DDO) only in the presence of d-aspartate in culture media. This article provides RNA-sequencing data to identify the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the yeast cells grown between l- and d-aspartate. RNA samples were prepared from the yeast cells grown in a culture medium containing 30 mM d-aspartate or l-aspartate as the sole carbon source and subjected to RNA sequencing on Illumina NovaSeq6000 platform. The clean reads obtained by removing adaptor sequences and low-quality reads from raw reads were submitted to the Sequence Read Archive (SRA) database of the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under the BioProject accession number PRJDB13570. The clean reads were subjected to differential gene expression analysis using DEGSeq to provide data on the upregulated and downregulated DEGs in the cells grown on d-aspartate. The DEGs were subjected to gene ontology (GO) and KEGG pathway enrichment analyses using GOSeq and KOBAS, respectively, to provide data on the possible biological functions of the DEGs. The data set obtained in this project might be helpful for further investigation of the effects of d-aspartate on cellular processes in yeast cells and other eukaryotic organisms.