The mevalonate pathway accounts for conversion of acetyl-CoA to isopentenyl 5-
diphosphate, the versatile precursor of polyisoprenoid metabolites and natural products. The …

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

Insects select their hosts, but trees cannot select which herbivores will feed upon them.
Thus, as long‐lived stationary organisms, conifers must resist the onslaught of varying and …

Recently, a mevalonate-independent pathway was discovered in bacteria and plants that
leads to the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate, the two …

Summary The enzyme 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase
catalyzes the conversion of HMG-CoA to mevalonate, a four-electron oxidoreduction that is …

In plants, two pathways are utilized for the synthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate, the
universal precursor for isoprenoid biosynthesis. The key enzyme of the cytoplasmic …

Scientific evidence linking several diseases with diet has brought to light the beneficial
effects of a number of natural food ingredients. Zeaxanthin is one such natural pigment …

Isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate serve as the universal precursors for
the biosynthesis of terpenes. Although their biosynthesis by means of mevalonate has been …

Terpenoids are a group of largest natural products with important biological functions, and
their efficient biosynthesis is of particular importance to both academia and industry. As the …

A comparative analysis of all published complete genomes indicated that the putative
orthologs of the unannotated ychB gene of Escherichia coli follow the distribution of the dxs …