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isopentenyl pyrophosphate

Known as: diphosphoric acid mono(3-methyl-3-butenyl) ester, isopentenyl diphosphate 
National Institutes of Health

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HemiterpenesOrganophosphorus Compounds

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
The deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis. Discovery and function of the ispDEFGH genes and their cognate enzymes
Abstract Isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP) serve as the universal precursors for the… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 Is Stimulated by Compounds of the Pentose Phosphate Cycle but Not by Pyruvate or Deoxyxylulose-5-Phosphate
ABSTRACT The photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803 possesses homologs of known genes of the non… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Partial purification and characterization of the short-chain prenyltransferases, gernayl diphospate synthase and farnesyl diphosphate synthase, from Abies grandis (grand fir).
In the conifer Abies grandis (grand fir), a secreted oleoresin rich in mono-, sesqui-, and diterpenes serves as a constitutive… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
A Pathway Where Polyprenyl Diphosphate Elongates in Prenyltransferase
Prenyltransferases catalyze the consecutive condensations of isopentenyl diphosphate to produce linear polyprenyl diphosphates… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Conversion from Archaeal Geranylgeranyl Diphosphate Synthase to Farnesyl Diphosphate Synthase
Farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) and geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) are precursors for a variety of important natural products, such… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Conversion of Product Specificity of Archaebacterial Geranylgeranyl-diphosphate Synthase
Prenyltransferases catalyze the consecutive condensation of isopentenyl diphosphate with allylic diphosphates to produce prenyl… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
How single genes provide tRNA processing enzymes to mitochondria, nuclei and the cytosol.
Highly Cited
1982
Highly Cited
1982
Sites of biosynthesis of carotenoids in Capsicum chromoplasts.
Capsicum chromoplasts incubated with isopentenyl diphosphate actively synthesize carotenoids. The enzymes involved in these… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Site of synthesis of geranylgeraniol derivatives in intact spinach chloroplasts.
1968
1968
Isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase from liver.
Isopentenyl pyrophosphate isomerase (EC 5.3.3.2) was purified from extracts of pig liver by ammonium sulphate fractionation and… 
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