Biosynthetic Routes to the Building Blocks of Isoprenoids
Part 2. Polyisoprenoids
Prof.Dr. Michel Rohmer,
Dr. Myriam Seemann,
Dr. Catherine Grosdemange-Billiard,
Prof.Dr. Michel Rohmer
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Search for more papers by this authorDr. Myriam Seemann
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Université Louis Pasteur/CNRS, Institut Le Bel, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg Cedex, France, 67070
Search for more papers by this authorProf.Dr. Michel Rohmer,
Dr. Myriam Seemann,
Dr. Catherine Grosdemange-Billiard,
Prof.Dr. Michel Rohmer
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Université Louis Pasteur/CNRS, Institut Le Bel, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg Cedex, France, 67070
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Myriam Seemann
- [email protected]
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Université Louis Pasteur/CNRS, Institut Le Bel, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg Cedex, France, 67070
Search for more papers by this authorDr. Catherine Grosdemange-Billiard
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Université Louis Pasteur/CNRS, Institut Le Bel, 4 rue Blaise Pascal, Strasbourg Cedex, France, 67070
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
- Introduction: Recognition of the Isoprene Unit and Isoprenoids
- Historical Outline
- The Classical Mevalonate Pathway
- The Recently Discovered Methylerythritol Phosphate Pathway
- Labeling Experiments: Discovery and Elucidation of the MEP Pathway
- Origin of the Carbon Skeleton of Isoprene Units
- Identification of Deoxyxylulose and Methylerythritol Derivatives as the First C5 Isoprenoid Precursors
- Enzymology and Genetics
- 1-Deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate Synthase
- 1-Deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate Isomero-reductase
- From Methylerythritol Phosphate to Methylerythritol Cyclodiphosphate
- On the Origin of the Hydrogen Atoms in Isoprene Units: Indications on Further Steps
- Distribution of the MEP Pathway and Evolutionary Impacts
- Outlook and Perspectives
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