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The central goal of the Plant Metabolic Network (PMN) is to bring together biochemical pathway databases and research communities focused on plant metabolism.
As the worldwide demand for production of food, animal feed, biofuels, industrial inputs, and new medicines continues to grow, there is an increasingly urgent need to develop new technologies using plants. The long-term goal of developing these technologies has prompted the sequencing of plant genomes and gene complements. There is a growing need to place the sequenced and annotated genomes in a biochemical context in order to facilitate the discovery of enzymes and engineering of metabolism. PMN will generate an infrastructure for drawing together diverse sources of plant metabolism information.
The new CURE course at UC Davis, led by PMN member Philipp Zerbe, is helping students to create an interactive chemical map of Arboretum plants. Read about it here: https://biology.ucdavis.edu/news/whats-leaf-students-map-chemistry-campus-plants Photo: Katrina Huynh – UC Davis
A new paper by PMN members Hiroshi A. Maeda, Sueng Y. Rhee, Charles Hawkins, and Marcos V. V. de Oliveira, was recently published in Nature Plants. Titled “Mapping multi-substrate specificity of Arabidopsis aminotransferases,” this paper lays the groundwork for engineering crops that use nitrogen more efficiently, reducing our dependence on harmful fertilizers. It also helps scientists better predict and model plant…
Glencairn Elementary School brought science to their students in East Lansing last week when they held their annual Science Night. This event brings together different members of the science community to showcase to students how science is an integral part of our lives. For the second year in a row, the Plant Metabolic Network (PMN) attended…
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