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The deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway of terpenoid biosynthesis in plants and microorganisms
W Eisenreich1, M Schwarz, A Cartayrade
1Institut für Organische Chemie und Biochemie, Technische Universität München, Garching, Germany.
Chemistry & Biology
|September 30, 1998
Abstract:
Recent studies have uncovered the existence of an alternative, non-mevalonate pathway for the formation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, the two building blocks of terpene biosynthesis.