KEGG   PATHWAY: map00940
Entry
map00940                    Pathway                                
Name
Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis
Description
Phenylpropanoids are a group of plant secondary metabolites derived from phenylalanine and having a wide variety of functions both as structural and signaling molecules. Phenylalanine is first converted to cinnamic acid by deamination. It is followed by hydroxylation and frequent methylation to generate coumaric acid and other acids with a phenylpropane (C6-C3) unit. Reduction of the CoA-activated carboxyl groups of these acids results in the corresponding aldehydes and alcohols. The alcohols are called monolignols, the starting compounds for biosynthesis of lignin.
Class
Metabolism; Biosynthesis of other secondary metabolites
Pathway map
map00940  Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis
map00940

Module
M00039  Monolignol biosynthesis, phenylalanine/tyrosine => monolignol [PATH:map00940]
M00137  Flavanone biosynthesis, phenylalanine => naringenin [PATH:map00940]
Other DBs
GO: 0009699
Reference
  Authors
Nair RB, Bastress KL, Ruegger MO, Denault JW, Chapple C.
  Title
The Arabidopsis thaliana REDUCED EPIDERMAL FLUORESCENCE1 gene encodes an aldehyde dehydrogenase involved in ferulic acid and sinapic acid biosynthesis.
  Journal
Plant Cell 16:544-54 (2004)
DOI:10.1105/tpc.017509
Reference
  Authors
Baucher M, Halpin C, Petit-Conil M, Boerjan W.
  Title
Lignin: genetic engineering and impact on pulping.
  Journal
Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 38:305-50 (2003)
DOI:10.1080/10409230391036757
Reference
  Authors
Rogers LA, Dubos C, Cullis IF, Surman C, Poole M, Willment J, Mansfield SD, Campbell MM.
  Title
Light, the circadian clock, and sugar perception in the control of lignin biosynthesis.
  Journal
J Exp Bot 56:1651-63 (2005)
DOI:10.1093/jxb/eri162
Reference
  Authors
Whetten R, Sederoff R.
  Title
Lignin Biosynthesis.
  Journal
Plant Cell 7:1001-1013 (1995)
DOI:10.1105/tpc.7.7.1001
Reference
PMID:8972602
  Authors
Lorenzen M, Racicot V, Strack D, Chapple C.
  Title
Sinapic acid ester metabolism in wild type and a sinapoylglucose-accumulating mutant of arabidopsis.
  Journal
Plant Physiol 112:1625-30 (1996)
DOI:10.1104/pp.112.4.1625
Reference
PMID:1477555
  Authors
Chapple CC, Vogt T, Ellis BE, Somerville CR.
  Title
An Arabidopsis mutant defective in the general phenylpropanoid pathway.
  Journal
Plant Cell 4:1413-24 (1992)
DOI:10.1105/tpc.4.11.1413
Reference
  Authors
Raes J, Rohde A, Christensen JH, Van de Peer Y, Boerjan W.
  Title
Genome-wide characterization of the lignification toolbox in Arabidopsis.
  Journal
Plant Physiol 133:1051-71 (2003)
DOI:10.1104/pp.103.026484
Reference
  Authors
Costa MA, Collins RE, Anterola AM, Cochrane FC, Davin LB, Lewis NG.
  Title
An in silico assessment of gene function and organization of the phenylpropanoid pathway metabolic networks in Arabidopsis thaliana and limitations thereof.
  Journal
Phytochemistry 64:1097-112 (2003)
DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00517-X
Reference
  Authors
Meyermans H, Morreel K, Lapierre C, Pollet B, De Bruyn A, Busson R, Herdewijn P, Devreese B, Van Beeumen J, Marita JM, Ralph J, Chen C, Burggraeve B, Van Montagu M, Messens E, Boerjan W.
  Title
Modifications in lignin and accumulation of phenolic glucosides in poplar xylem upon down-regulation of caffeoyl-coenzyme A O-methyltransferase, an enzyme involved in lignin biosynthesis.
  Journal
J Biol Chem 275:36899-909 (2000)
DOI:10.1074/jbc.M006915200
Reference
  Authors
Gachon CM, Langlois-Meurinne M, Henry Y, Saindrenan P.
  Title
Transcriptional co-regulation of secondary metabolism enzymes in Arabidopsis: functional and evolutionary implications.
  Journal
Plant Mol Biol 58:229-45 (2005)
DOI:10.1007/s11103-005-5346-5
Reference
  Authors
Li L, Popko JL, Umezawa T, Chiang VL.
  Title
5-hydroxyconiferyl aldehyde modulates enzymatic methylation for syringyl monolignol formation, a new view of monolignol biosynthesis in angiosperms.
  Journal
J Biol Chem 275:6537-45 (2000)
DOI:10.1074/jbc.275.9.6537
Reference
  Authors
Yamauchi K, Yasuda S, Fukushima K.
  Title
Evidence for the biosynthetic pathway from sinapic acid to syringyl lignin using labeled sinapic acid with stable isotope at both methoxy groups in Robinia pseudoacacia and Nerium indicum.
  Journal
J Agric Food Chem 50:3222-7 (2002)
DOI:10.1021/jf011565x
Reference
  Authors
Eckardt NA.
  Title
Probing the mysteries of lignin biosynthesis: the crystal structure of caffeic acid/5-hydroxyferulic acid 3/5-O-methyltransferase provides new insights.
  Journal
Plant Cell 14:1185-9 (2002)
DOI:10.1105/tpc.140610
Related
pathway
map00130  Ubiquinone and other terpenoid-quinone biosynthesis
map00400  Phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis
map00941  Flavonoid biosynthesis
map00945  Stilbenoid, diarylheptanoid and gingerol biosynthesis
KO pathway
ko00940   

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