Plants are able to integrate exogenous 1-deoxy-d-xylulose (DX) into the 2 C-methyl-d-
erythritol 4-phosphate pathway, implicated in the biosynthesis of plastidial isoprenoids …

Abstract The 1-deoxy-d-xylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXS) enzyme catalyses the first
biosynthetic step of the 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. In plants the …

Isopentenyl diphosphate, the universal precursor of isoprenoids, is synthesized by two
separate routes, one in the cytosol and the other in plastids. The initial step of the plastidial …

The discovery of the 2-C-methyl-d-erythritol-4-phosphate pathway for the biosynthesis of
isoprenoids raises the important question of the nature and regulation of the enzymes …

The temperature‐sensitive mutant of Arabidopsis, chs5, developed chlorotic leaves at
restrictive temperatures (15° C), but almost normal green leaves at permissive temperatures …

The synthesis of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate (DXP), catalyzed by the enzyme DXP
synthase (DXS), represents a key regulatory step of the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate …

The initial step of the plastidic 2C-methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway that
produces isopentenyl diphosphate is catalyzed by 1-deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate …

Abstract The methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway is of paramount importance for
generating plastidial isoprenoids. The first enzyme of the MEP pathway, 1-deoxy-D-xylulose …

Isoprenoids are a wide family of metabolites including high-value chemicals, flavors,
pigments, and drugs. Isoprenoids are particularly abundant and diverse in plants. The …

2-C-methylerythritol 4-phosphate has been established recently as an intermediate of the
deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway used for biosynthesis of terpenoids in plants and in many …