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Metabolic Transformation of Mevalonic Acid by an Enzyme System from Peas

Clifford J. Pollard, James Bonner, A. J. Haagen‐Smit, C. C. Nimmo

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 1966 · 30 citations · 10 references

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En enzyme system has been found in peas which converts mevalonic acid to isoprenoid compounds. Among the intermediates in such conversion are mevalonic acid-5-phosphate and pyrophosphate, isopentenyl pyrophosphate and dimethylallylpyrophosphate. Among the products formed by the system are the pyrophosphates of geraniol, farnesol, nerolidol and higher isoprenoid alcohols.

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Nancy L. R. Bucher, Kathleen McGarrahan · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1956 · 271 citations · Full text

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Mevalonic Acid Pyrophosphate and Isopentenylpyrophosphate

Konrad Bloch, Sterling Chaykin, Alvah H. Phillips et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1959 · 220 citations · Full text

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Biosynthesis of Terpenes

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The biosynthesis of rubber. Incorporation of mevalonate and isopentenyl pyrophosphate into rubber by <i>Hevea brasiliensis</i>-latex fractions

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