Isoprenoid compounds are a diverse group of natural products which are essential components in all cells. Isoprenoids are biosynthesized from the simple precursors isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) and dimethylallyl diphosphate (DMAPP). Eukaryotes, fungi, and some gram-positive bacteria produce IPP through the mevalonate (MVA) pathway whereas gram-negative and some gram-positive bacteria utilize the non-mevalonate or 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. 4-Diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol (CDP-ME) is an intermediate in the non-mevalonate pathway. It is formed from MEP by CDP-ME Synthase and phosphorylated at the 2-position by CDP-ME kinase to CDP-MEP.
Product Number: I-M052
I-M052
4-Diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol (CDP-ME)
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