- PMN Release Notes - April 2011
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The Plant Metabolic Network is pleased to announce the release of:
The data content of all three databases are described on our Content Statistics page
Past releases are described in the Release Notes Archives
Overall PMN Highlights
The April 2011 release includes updates to all three PMN databases: PlantCyc, AraCyc, and PoplarCyc. PMN and MetaCyc curators, along with contributors from the research community, have added over 40 new pathways and 150 new enzymes to these resources. In addition, the newly updated Pathway Tools software (v.15.0) has some improved capabilities.
We hope that these enhanced resources will be useful to researchers, educators, and students who want to learn more about plant metabolism!Noteworthy new manually curated pathways:
- Two new pathways ( sciadonic acid biosynthesis and dicranin biosynthesis) describe the production of unusual fatty acids
- The flavor of wine can be affected by tartaric acid biosynthesis.
- Several species of plants produce the insect juvenile hormone III. Researchers are still working to discover how this compound may help plants to defend themselves from insects and /or allow an invasive species to outcompete surrounding plants.
- Several different routes for the biosynthesis of salicylic acid glucosides, such as 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate 2-O-beta-D-glucoside, have been added to give a more comprehensive view of the metabolic fate of this important defense signaling compound.
- Links to recent chapters on plant metabolism from The Arabidopsis Book have been added to many AraCyc pathways.
- In addition, lists of all pathways added to, updated in, or removed from the databases are available for:
Collaborator Release Notes
You can find more information on the releases provided by our collaborators at MetaCyc, the multi-species, multi-kingdom database, in their Release Notes
