Two independent biochemical pathways for isopentenyl diphosphate and isoprenoid biosynthesis in higher plants

K. Lichtenthaler, Hartmut; Rohmer, Michel; Schwender, Jörg

doi:10.1111/j.1399-3054.1997.tb01049.x

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Two independent biochemical pathways for isopentenyl diphosphate and isoprenoid biosynthesis in higher plants

Published in Physiologia Plantarum • Nov 1, 1997

Authors:

Hartmut K. Lichtenthaler

Michel Rohmer

Jörg Schwender

Abstract

In the early times of isoprenoid research, a single pathway was found for the formation of the C5 monomer, isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP), and this acetate/mevalonate pathway was supposed to occur ubiquitously in all living organisms. Now, 40 years later, a totally different IPP biosynthesis route ha...

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Isoprene

Plastid

Mevalonic acid

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