The mevalonate pathway, also known as the isoprenoid pathway or HMG-CoA reductase pathway is an essential metabolic pathway present in eukaryotes, archaea...
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The non-mevalonate pathway—also appearing as the mevalonate-independent pathway and the 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate/1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate...
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Terpene (section Mevalonate pathway)
by two distinct metabolic pathways: the mevalonate (MVA) pathway and the non-mevalonate (MEP) pathway. These two pathways are mutually exclusive in most...
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variants in the gene for mevalonate kinase, which is part of the mevalonate pathway, an important cellular metabolic pathway. Indeed, similar fever attacks...
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Steroid (redirect from Steroidogenic pathway)
non-mevalonate pathway (MEP pathway) uses pyruvate and glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate as substrates to produce IPP and DMAPP. During diseases pathways otherwise...
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HMG-CoA (section Mevalonate pathway)
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A, is an intermediate in the mevalonate and ketogenesis pathways. It is formed from acetyl CoA and acetoacetyl CoA by HMG-CoA...
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enzyme in the Mevalonate pathway, it catalyzes the phosphorylation of Mevalonic acid to produce Mevalonate-5-phosphate. A reduction in mevalonate kinase activity...
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is an isoprenoid precursor. It is a product of both the mevalonate pathway and the MEP pathway of isoprenoid precursor biosynthesis. It is an isomer of...
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final step in the mevalonate pathway. The mevalonate pathway is responsible for the biosynthesis of isoprenoids from acetate. This pathway plays a key role...
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the classical, HMG-CoA reductase pathway (commonly called the mevalonate pathway) and in the non-mevalonate MEP pathway of isoprenoid precursor biosynthesis...
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Metabolism (redirect from Biosynthetic pathways)
and archaea, the mevalonate pathway produces these compounds from acetyl-CoA, while in plants and bacteria the non-mevalonate pathway uses pyruvate and...
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Mevalonic acid (redirect from Mevalonate)
mutation. Mevalonic acid is a precursor in the biosynthetic pathway known as the mevalonate pathway that produces terpenes and steroids. Mevalonic acid is...
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Statin (redirect from Mevalonate inhibition)
competitively inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase, the rate-limiting enzyme of the mevalonate pathway. Because statins are similar in structure to HMG-CoA on a molecular...
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HMG-CoA reductase (section Interactive pathway map)
(NADH-dependent, EC 1.1.1.88; NADPH-dependent, EC 1.1.1.34) of the mevalonate pathway, the metabolic pathway that produces cholesterol and other isoprenoids. HMGCR...
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3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA) to mevalonate, this is an early step in the mevalonate pathway catalyzed by HMG-CoA reductase. Through a complicated...
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This reaction comprises the second step in the mevalonate-dependent isoprenoid biosynthesis pathway. HMG-CoA is an intermediate in both cholesterol synthesis...
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participate in the biosynthesis pathway were interfered with by RNA interference methods. The mevalonate pathway (MVA pathway) is responsible for producing...
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acid is an intermediate in the Mevalonate pathway. Miziorko, Henry M. (2011-01-15). "Enzymes of the mevalonate pathway of isoprenoid biosynthesis". Archives...
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and archaea, the mevalonate pathway produces these compounds from acetyl-CoA, while in plants and bacteria the non-mevalonate pathway uses pyruvate and...
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cholesterol via the mevalonate pathway. Leucine is an essential amino acid in the diet of animals because they lack the complete enzyme pathway to synthesize...
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Cholesterol (section Interactive pathway map)
occurs by a complex 37-step process. This begins with the mevalonate or HMG-CoA reductase pathway, the target of statin drugs, which encompasses the first...
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secoiridoid monoterpene synthesized from geranyl pyrophosphate in the mevalonate pathway. Secologanin then proceeds with dopamine or tryptamine to form ipecac...
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4-phosphate pathway (MEP pathway, also called the non-mevalonate pathway) in the chloroplasts of plants. One of the two end-products of MEP pathway, dimethylallyl...
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involve the mevalonate pathway (MVA) and the cyclization of farnesyl diphosphate (FDP). It is not clear whether the non-mevalonate pathway can also contribute...
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key step in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids through the mevalonate pathway and the MEP pathway. isopentenyl diphosphate ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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Taraxasterol (anthesterin) is a triterpene derived from the mevalonate pathway and is found in dandelions. The precursor for the biosynthesis of taraxasterol...
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: 304–305 synthesized in animals from plant-derived carotenoids via the mevalonate pathway, and ascorbic acid (vitamin C),: 492–493 which is synthesized from...
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compounds are biosynthesized partly through the phenylpropanoid pathway and the mevalonate pathway, which is biosynthesized by a coupling of dimethylallyl pyrophosphate...
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intermediate on the MEP pathway (non-mevalonate pathway) of isoprenoid precursor biosynthesis. It is the first committed metabolite on that pathway on the route...
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family is a family of enzymes which participate in the mevalonate pathway, the metabolic pathway that produces cholesterol and other isoprenoids. There...
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