When compared to other organisms, plants are atypical with respect to isoprenoid biosynthesis:
they utilize two distinct and separately compartmentalized pathways to build up isoprene …

Plants are capable of synthesizing a myriad of isoprenoids and prenyl lipids. Much attention
has been focused on 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl‐CoA reductase (HMGR), the enzyme that …

The cytosol-localised mevalonic acid (MVA) pathway delivers the basic isoprene unit
isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP). In higher plants, this central metabolic intermediate is also …

In plants, two pathways are utilized for the synthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate, the universal
precursor for isoprenoid biosynthesis. The key enzyme of the cytoplasmic mevalonic acid (…

To get some insight into the regulatory mechanisms controlling the sterol branch of the
mevalonate pathway, tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum cv Bright Yellow-2) cell suspensions were …

Brassica juncea 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl‐CoA synthase (HMGS) is encoded by four
isogenes (BjHMGS1‐BjHMGS4). In vitro enzyme assays had indicated that the recombinant …

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase (HMGR) regulates the synthesis of mevalonic acid (MVA),
the precursor of the myriad of isoprenoid compounds functional in plant cells, with …

To obtain information on the importance of a functional mevalonate synthesis for plant growth
and development, we investigated the effect of mevinolin, a highly specific inhibitor of 3‐…

Isoprenoid biosynthesis via the methylerythritol phosphate pathway is a target against
pathogenic bacteria and the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. 4-(Hydroxyamino)-4-…

Study of the incorporation of 13 C-labelled glucose or pyruvate into the isoprenoids of tobacco
BY-2 cells allowed the biosynthetic origin of isopentenyl diphosphate to be determined. …