Isoprenoidscompriseoneofthemostdiverseclassesofcompoundsfoundinnature.Withover50,000differentisoprenoidsidentifiedtodate,theyexhibitabroadrangeofstructuralcomplexityandareinvolvedinavarietyofBIOLOGicalfunctions.Electrontransport(quinones),stABIlizationofcellmembranes(hopanoidsandsterols),cellwallbiosynthesis(dolichols),signaltransduction(prenylatedproteins),photosynthesis(chlorophylls)andmodificationoftRNAsareamongtheprocessesthatinvolveisoprenoids.Isopentenyldiphosphate(IPP)anddimethylallyldiphosphate(DMAPP)aretheprecursorsforallisoprenoidcompoundsandtwounrelatedessentialpathwaysexistinnaturefortheirbiosynthesis.ThesetwoprecursorsareproducedbyeithertheMVAorMEPpathway.TheMVApathwayisfoundprimarilyineukaryotesandarchea,includinghumans,plantcytosolandsomeGram-positivebacteria,whiletheMEPpathwayisutilizedbymostbacteria,includingallGram-negatives,andplantchloroplasts.Duetothisnaturaldistribution,theMEPpathwayrepresentsapromisingtargetfordevelopmentofnovelantibacterialagentsandherbicides. InthesecondcommittedstepoftheMEPpathway,MEPisconvertedto2-C-methyl-D-erythritrol4-phosphate(CDP-ME)byCDP-MEsynthase(IspD,alsoreferredtoasYgbP)withtheconcomitantformationofinorganicpyrophosphate(PPi).TheassayprovidedinthiskitincludesinorganicpyrophosphatasewhichconvertsthePPigeneratedduringIspDcatalysistoinorganicphosphate(Pi).Piisdetectedspectrophotometricallyusingamalachitegreensolution StorageKitcanbestoredunopenedat-20oCforuptosixmonths.Allcomponentsandsolutionsshouldbeprotectedfromlight.RelatedProductsMEPPathwayReagents Isoprenoids MEPPathwayinhibitors:Fosmidomycin(B-4201),FR900098(K-4202),5-Ketoclomazone(K-4101) CDP-MEPSynthesiskit(K-2000E) MEPPathwayEnzymes**COMINGSOON**:DXPSynthase,MEPSynthase,IspDEnzyme,IspEEnzyme,IspFEnzyme |