PlantSME Plant secondary metabolism enzyme database
Phenylpropanoid portable pathway

Phenylpropanoid portable pathway

Phenylpropanoid pathway definition imported from the 2026-05-17 portable BLAST/HMM package.

Representative Phenylpropanoid Reaction Route
Entry backbone to monolignol/lignin branches. Substrates, products, and condensed structural formulae show representative conversions; resolved reactions are shown as single enzymes, whereas multi-enzyme branches are shown as curated modules. Member counts come from public annotations.
6 curated steps/modules
Entry Backbone And Lignin Direction
01
Substrate
L-Phenylalanine
C9H11NO2
C6H5-CH2-CH(NH2)-COOH
Deamination to form the phenylpropene acid scaffold
Product
trans-Cinnamic acid
C9H8O2
C6H5-CH=CH-COOH
PAL commits the amino-acid substrate to phenylpropanoid metabolism.
02
Substrate
trans-Cinnamic acid
C9H8O2
C6H5-CH=CH-COOH
Para-hydroxylation of the aromatic ring
Product
p-Coumaric acid
C9H8O3
4-HO-C6H4-CH=CH-COOH
C4H/CYP73A introduces the 4-hydroxyl group for downstream CoA activation.
03
Substrate
p-Coumaric acid
C9H8O3
4-HO-C6H4-CH=CH-COOH
Substrate
CoA
C21H36N7O16P3S
CoA-SH
CoA ligation and activation
Product
p-Coumaroyl-CoA
C30H38N7O18P3S
4-HO-C6H4-CH=CH-C(=O)-SCoA
4CL converts the free acid into a thioester used by condensation, acyltransfer, and reduction reactions.
04
Substrate
p-Coumaroyl-CoA
C30H38N7O18P3S
4-HO-C6H4-CH=CH-C(=O)-SCoA
Hydroxylation, acyl transfer, and methylation
Product
Feruloyl-CoA-type intermediates
C31H40N7O19P3S
3-MeO-4-HO-C6H3-CH=CH-C(=O)-SCoA
This segment remodels the p-coumaroyl scaffold into caffeoyl/feruloyl-type intermediates.
05
Substrate
Hydroxycinnamoyl-CoA
C30-31 CoA thioesters
Ar-CH=CH-C(=O)-SCoA
Reduction and S/G monolignol formation
Product
Coniferyl/sinapyl alcohol
C10H12O3 / C11H14O4
Ar-CH=CH-CH2OH
CCR/CAD and related steps route CoA thioesters toward monolignol monomers.
06
Substrate
Monolignols
C9-C11 phenylpropanoids
Ar-CH=CH-CH2OH
Oxidative coupling and polymerization
Product
Lignin polymer
(C9 unit)n
[Ar-C3]n ether/C-C polymer
LAC/POD oxidatively couple monolignols into lignin polymers.
Lineage Distribution
Assignments under this module are distributed across the following plant lineages.
Current lineage filter: Basal angiosperms. All species, family, module, and gene statistics below have been narrowed to this lineage.
Lineage Summary
Module Gene List
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GeneSpeciesProtein ID
EVM0017899.mRNA1 aristolochia_contorta EVM0017899.mRNA1
EVM0017907.mRNA1 aristolochia_contorta EVM0017907.mRNA1
EVM0018049.mRNA1 aristolochia_contorta EVM0018049.mRNA1
EVM0018192.mRNA1 aristolochia_contorta EVM0018192.mRNA1
EVM0018303.mRNA1 aristolochia_contorta EVM0018303.mRNA1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0034s1.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0034s1.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0081s1.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0081s1.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0084s10.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0084s10.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0089s2.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0089s2.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0310.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0310.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0396.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0396.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0416.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0416.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0428.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0428.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0433.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0433.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0434.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0434.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0488.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0488.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0763.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0763.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0964.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0964.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0965.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g0965.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g1047.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g1047.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g1048.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g1048.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g1224.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g1224.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g1426.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc01g1426.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0210s17.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc0210s17.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0032.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0032.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0223.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0223.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0366.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0366.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0367.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0367.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0370.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0370.t1
brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0583.t1 brasenia_schreberi brasenia_schreberi_Brsc02g0583.t1