biostudies-literatureChao NChina Agriculture Research SystemCrop Germplasm Resources Protection Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of ChinaNational Infrastructure for Crop Germplasm Resourcese11964https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8351576biostudies-literatureUnknown9Mulberry (<i>Morus</i>, Moraceae) is an important economic plant with nutritional, medicinal, and ecological values. Lignin in mulberry can affect the quality of forage and the saccharification efficiency of mulberry twigs. The availability of the <i>Morus notabilis</i> genome makes it possible to perform a systematic analysis of the genes encoding the 11 protein families specific to the lignin branch of the phenylpropanoid pathway, providing the core genes for the <i>lignin toolbox</i> in mulberry. We performed genome-wide screening, which was combined with <i>de novo</i> transcriptome data for <i>Morus notabilis</i> and <i>Morus alba</i> variety <i>Fengchi</i>, to identify putative members of the lignin gene families followed by phylogenetic and expression profile analyses. We focused onPeerJGenome-wide analysis of the lignin toolbox for <i>morus</i> and the roles of lignin related genes in response to zinc stress.PMC8351576NICGR-2019-43CARS-18-ZJ020519190172Liu LChao NYu THou CZhang LfalseGenome-wide analysis of the lignin toolbox for <i>morus</i> and the roles of lignin related genes in response to zinc stress.Mulberry (<i>Morus</i>, Moraceae) is an important economic plant with nutritional, medicinal, and ecological values. Lignin in mulberry can affect the quality of forage and the saccharification efficiency of mulberry twigs. The availability of the <i>Morus notabilis</i> genome makes it possible to perform a systematic analysis of the genes encoding the 11 protein families specific to the lignin branch of the phenylpropanoid pathway, providing the core genes for the <i>lignin toolbox</i> in mulberry. We performed genome-wide screening, which was combined with <i>de novo</i> transcriptome data for <i>Morus notabilis</i> and <i>Morus alba</i> variety <i>Fengchi</i>, to identify putative members of the lignin gene families followed by phylogenetic and expression profile analyses. We focused on2021-01-01T00:00:00Z20212026-05-02T03:11:17.704Z2022-02-11T09:50:16.84ZS-EPMC83515763443466610.7717/peerj.11964