IntroductionSulfur is an essential macronutrient for plant growth and development. It is found in amino acids such as cysteine and methionine, thiols of proteins, glutathione, secondary products, peptides, cofactors, membrane sulfolipids, cell walls, and hormones. ATP sulfurylase, adenosine 5'-phosphosulfate, phosphorylation to 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate, and sulfite reductase are major enzymes in the sulfate assimilation pathway (Saito, 2004;Takahashi et al., 2011). Sulfur compounds play roles in responses to abiotic and biotic stress, including drought and salinity stresses, detoxification of reactive oxygen species, and production of glucosinolates in defense against herbivores and other pathogens (Davidian and Kopriva, 2010;Gallardo et al., 2014). Sulfur is mainly taken up by plants as inorganic sulfate (SO 4 2−) and then converted to sulfite (SO 3 2− ) and sulfide (S 2− ). Later, assimilation into cysteine is accepted to be the major point of the natural sulfur cycle (Buchner et al., 2004). Gene expression data of S nutrition are available for Arabidopsis thaliana (Hirai et al., 2003), poplar (Honsel et al., 2012), and tobacco (Lewandowska et al., 2005Wawrzynska et al., 2005). In A. thaliana, 4 members of the plant-specific LSU (response to Low SUlfur) gene family (LSU1-4) have been found. LSU1 is considered a significant connector in the gene-metabolite hormone-related network for S response, but there is no experimental evidence related to this gene (Nikiforova et al., 2005). The LSU1 (At3g49580) and LSU3 (At3g49570) genes are localized on chromosome 3, separated by a distance of about 2250 bp, while LSU2 (At3g49580) and LSU4 (At5g24660) are on chromosome 5, separated by about 2060 bp (Sirko et al., 2015). S deficiency and some environmental conditions such as salt stress and AgNO 3 treatment have been reported to induce the LSU1 and LSU2 genes (Zimmermann et al., 2004(Zimmermann et al., , 2008. LSU2 was also induced by oxidative stress (Davletova et al., 2005), by carbon starvation, and in response to sugar (Usadel et al., 2008). The Arabidopsis LSU2 gene has been temporarily determined as one of the genes cross-talking between Abstract: Sulfur (S) affects the plant life cycle and crop yield and has nutritional importance for human and animal diet. Its deficiency is one of the major problems in agriculture. However, the plant-specific LSU (response to Low SUlfur) gene family has not been extensively analyzed in major plant species such as grasses. In this study, we have performed in silico genome-wide analysis of LSU genes in 6 grass species, including Brachypodium distachyon, Sorghum bicolor, Oryza sativa, Zea mays, Triticum aestivum, and Panicum virgatum. All identified LSU genes contained one exon encoding proteins of acidic character with cytoplasmic localization. In silico analysis of ciselements revealed that sulfur-responsive elements (SURE boxes, SUlfur Response Element, GAGAC motif) were present in all LSU genes. In phylogenetic analysis, dicot and monocot LSU genes were separated. E...