<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Terpenoids (isoprenoids) represent the largest
and most diverse class of chemicals among the myriad compounds produced by plants …

Isoprenoid biosynthesis is essential for all living organisms, and isoprenoids are also of
industrial and agricultural interest. All isoprenoids are derived from prenyl diphosphate …

Genome-editing, a recent technological advancement in the field of life sciences, is one of
the great examples of techniques used to explore the understanding of the biological …

Carotenoids are isoprenoid molecules that are widespread in nature and are typically seen
as pigments in fruits, flowers, birds and crustacea. Animals are unable to synthesise …

Covering: up to mid-2010 This review focuses on plant carotenoids, but it also includes
progress made on microbial and animal carotenoid metabolism to better understand the …

Plants synthesize an enormous variety of metabolites that can be classified into two groups
based on their function: primary metabolites, which participate in nutrition and essential …

When compared to other organisms, plants are atypical with respect to isoprenoid
biosynthesis: they utilize two distinct and separately compartmentalized pathways to build …

The initial step of the plastidic 2C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway that
produces isopentenyl diphosphate is catalyzed by 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate …

In plants, the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate, the
central intermediates in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids, is compartmentalized: the …

Isoprenoids represent the oldest class of known low molecular-mass natural products
synthesized by plants. Their biogenesis in plastids, mitochondria and the endoplasmic …