Metabolic Transformation of Mevalonic Acid by an Enzyme System from Peas

Creators: Pollard, C. J.; Bonner, J.; Haagen-Smit, A. J.; Nimmo, C. C.

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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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© 1966 American Society of Plant Biologists. Received April 22, 1965. This work was done at the California Institute of Technology under a cooperative agreement 12-14-100-889 (74) with the Western Utilization Research and Development Division, Agricultural Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and was supported in part by a grant from the United States Atomic Energy Commission (At-04-3) -304.

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Metabolic Transformation of Mevalonic Acid by an Enzyme System from Peas

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