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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.
We’re excited to announce that the PMN article, Plant Metabolic Network 16: expansion of underrepresented plant groups and experimentally supported enzyme data, from PMN members Charles Hawkins, Bo Xue, Farida Yasmin, Gabrielle Wyatt, Philipp Zerbe, and Seung Y Rhee, is amongst the most-cited articles published in Nucleic Acids Research! This article discusses the PMN 16…
3/12/2026 This week, PMN Director Charles Hawkins led one of our favorite activities at Glencairn Elementary’s Science Night! Students explored how metabolism creates the pleasant aromas of bananas & other fruits, discovering through a hands-on activity how plant metabolism is what gives these fruits their signature scents.
We are super excited to announce the release of PMN 17! PMN 17 is the largest release in the history of PMN. Enabled by our new backend pipeline, PMN 17 includes 583 single-species databases, including updated versions of the 155 databases from PMN 16
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