carbohydrate biosynthesis secondary metabolite biosynthesis dhurrin biosynthesis GO:0010132 PMID:10585420 KEGG:map00966 PMID:17706731 (S)-4-hydroxymandelonitrile beta-D-glucoside pathway UPa:UPA00757 MetaCyc:PWY-861 Biosynthesis of dhurrin, a tyrosine derived cyanogenic glucoside. Dhurrin functions as a plant defense compound. Cyanogenic glucosides are amino-acid-derived natural products. The ability to synthesize these glucosides is common across many plant genera, including several plant species that are important crop plants like sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), cassava (Manihot esculenta), flax (Linum usitatissimum) and almonds (Prunus dulcis). PMID:11312134 KEGG:map01110 KEGG:map00460