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2-C-Methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) is an intermediate on the MEP pathway (non-mevalonate pathway) of isoprenoid precursor biosynthesis.^[1] It is the first committed metabolite on that pathway on the route to IPP and DMAPP.

See also

DXP reductoisomerase
MEP pathway (formerly known as the non-mevalonate pathway)
Fosmidomycin

References

^ Takahashi S, Kuzuyama T, Watanabe H, Seto H (1998). "A 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase catalyzing the formation of 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate in an alternative nonmevalonate pathway for terpenoid biosynthesis". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 (17): 9879–84. Bibcode:1998PNAS...95.9879T. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.17.9879. PMC 21430. PMID 9707569.

External links

2-C-methylerythritol+4-phosphate at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Cholesterol and steroid metabolic intermediates

Mevalonate pathway

to HMG-CoA	Acetyl-CoA Acetoacetyl-CoA HMB HMB-CoA HMG-CoA
Ketone bodies	Acetone Acetoacetic acid β-Hydroxybutyric acid
to DMAPP	Mevalonic acid Phosphomevalonic acid 5-Diphosphomevalonic acid Isopentenyl pyrophosphate Dimethylallyl pyrophosphate
Geranyl-	Geranyl pyrophosphate Geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate
Carotenoid	Prephytoene diphosphate Phytoene

Non-mevalonate pathway

From Cholesterol
to Steroid hormones

Nonhuman

To Sitosterol	Cycloartenol Cycloeucalenol Obtusifoliol 4α-methylfecosterol Isofucosterol 24-Methylenelophenol Sitosterol More Phytosterols see here instead.
To Ergocalciferol	Fecosterol Episterol Ergostatrienol Ergostatetraenol Ergosterol Ergocalciferol

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