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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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Review
2011
Review
2011
Biochemical and molecular mechanisms of action of bisphosphonates.
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Chemical Rescue of Malaria Parasites Lacking an Apicoplast Defines Organelle Function in Blood-Stage Plasmodium falciparum
The only essential function of a unique plastid organelle, the apicoplast, in blood-stage P. falciparum is the production of… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Monoterpenes in the glandular trichomes of tomato are synthesized from a neryl diphosphate precursor rather than geranyl diphosphate
We identified a cis-prenyltransferase gene, neryl diphosphate synthase 1 (NDPS1), that is expressed in cultivated tomato (Solanum… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Regulation of carotenoid biosynthesis in plants: evidence for a key role of hydroxymethylbutenyl diphosphate reductase in controlling the supply of plastidial isoprenoid precursors.
Carotenoids are isoprenoid pigments that function as photoprotectors, precursors of the hormone abscisic acid (ABA), colorants… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway to terpenoids.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Metabolic engineering of the nonmevalonate isopentenyl diphosphate synthesis pathway in Escherichia coli enhances lycopene production.
Isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) is the common, five-carbon building block in the biosynthesis of all carotenoids. IPP in… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Increased Production of Zeaxanthin and Other Pigments by Application of Genetic Engineering Techniques toSynechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803
ABSTRACT The psbAII locus was used as an integration platform to overexpress genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Cloning and characterization of a gene from Escherichia coli encoding a transketolase-like enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of D-1-deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate, a common precursor for isoprenoid…
For many years it was accepted that isopentenyl diphosphate, the common precursor of all isoprenoids, was synthesized through the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Biosynthesis of isoprenoids in higher plant chloroplasts proceeds via a mevalonate‐independent pathway
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
The Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Isoprenoid Metabolism
The term isoprenoid is an older term that has been given a renewed use in the last 8 to 10 years to describe a fascinating family… 
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