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: Bryophytes. 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
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0000040 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0000040
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0000070 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0000070
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0000100 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0000100
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0003040 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0003040
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0012840 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0012840
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0014400 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_340G0014400
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0000130 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0000130
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0000160 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0000160
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0003960 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0003960
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0005510 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0005510
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0005940 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0005940
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006040 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006040
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006050 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006050
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006070 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006070
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006130 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006130
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006180 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006180
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006770 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006770
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006970 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0006970
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0007440 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0007440
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0007600 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0007600
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0010390 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0010390
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0010710 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0010710
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0011010 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0011010
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0013000 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0013000
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0017140 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0017140
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0018750 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0018750
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0019790 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0019790
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0020150 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0020150
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0022340 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0022340
AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0023060 anthoceros_agrestis_bonn AagrBONNSc2ySwM_344G0023060