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PURE AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY
Volume 75, Issue 2-3, Pages 375-387Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1351/pac200375020375
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A long-overlooked metabolic pathway for isoprenoid biosynthesis, the mevalonate-independent methylerythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway, is present in many bacteria and in the chloroplasts of all phototrophic organisms. It represents an alternative to the well-known mevalonate pathway, which is present in animals, fungi, plant cytoplasm, archaebacteria, and some eubacteria. This contribution summarizes key steps of its elucidation and the state-of-the-art knowledge of this biosynthetic pathway, which represents a novel target for antibacterial and antiparasitic drugs.
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