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Current Opinion in Plant Biology asks . . .

• How do the evolutionary forces that act on phenotypes affect the molecular networks that underly plant growth and development?
• How can researchers elucidate the functions of multi-genic modules?

Come read about how post-doc Lee Chae is pondering these and an array of other questions with the help of the PMN. 

• Deciphering the function of an unknown protein?
• Searching for a related enzyme in a plant species?
• Want access to a trusted set of enzymes?

Then come BLAST against our new enzyme datasets for corn, soybean, cassava, and wine grape.

Plus, check out our updated BLAST sets for Arabidopsis, poplar, and PlantCyc and new set of Reference Enzymes (2.0).

All PMN BLAST datasets can also be downloaded for local use!

We are grateful to our undergraduate interns who have enriched our new and "old" databases with references citing evidence of many compounds found in each species. Check out the bottom of each pathway page to connect to these pertinent publications. 

Please take a look at:

• CassavaCyc: free phenylpropanoid biosynthesis
• CornCyc: monoterpene biosynthesis
• GrapeCyc: geraniol and geranial biosynthesis
• SoyCyc: 2,3-cis-flavanols synthesis

Thank you to Damian Priamurskiy and Tam Tran for their efforts!

Please come to a database overview and hands-on community curation workshop at the ASPB Meeting co-hosted by the PMN. We want your help to get the lastest information on plant metabolism into our resources.

PMN/TAIR/SGN Workshop

• August 7
• 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
• Auditorium 1

Please e-mail us at curator@plantcyc.org to let us know if you can stay after the workshop to directly submit your latest information on plant compounds, enzymes, or pathways to the PMN.

You can also learn more about all the PMN resources at our poster:

P02029: The Plant Metabolic Network: PlantCyc, AraCyc, and more metabolic pathway databases for plant research