Zhi-Hua Liao
School of Life Sciences, Laboratory of Natural Products and Metabolic Engineering, Institute of
Biotechnology, Institute of Modern Biopharmaceuticals, Chongqing Sweet potato Research Center,
Southwest China Normal University, Chongqing 400715, China
Min Chen
Not Available
Yi-Fu Gong
3Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology Rand D Center,
School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
Zhi-Qi Miao
Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology Rand D Center,
School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
Xiao-Fen Sun
3Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology Rand D Center,
School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
Ke-Xuan Tang
3Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology Rand D Center,
School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
ABSTRACT
Isoprenoids, namely terpenoids, are the largest and the most structurally varied groups of natural products, which contain more than 30,000 known compounds. All the isoprenoids are biosynthesized from only two C5 precursors in plants, isopentenyl diphosphate and its isomer, dimethylallyl diphosphate. Two distinct pathways of isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthesis exist in plants: the classical mevalonate pathway and the recently unveiled deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate pathway. In this study, we summarize the recent progress on the molecular genetics of the two pathways, specializing in pathways, genes, enzymes, intermediates, subcellular compartments of isoprenoid biosynthesis, crosstalk of the two pathways and metabolic regulation and engineering.
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Zhi-Hua Liao, Min Chen, Yi-Fu Gong, Zhi-Qi Miao, Xiao-Fen Sun and Ke-Xuan Tang, 2006. Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Plants: Pathways, Genes, Regulation and Metabolic Engineering. Journal of Biological Sciences, 6: 209-219.
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.209.219
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2006.209.219
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2006.209.219
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jbs.2006.209.219
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