It has been long assumed that mevalonate is the only precursor of isopentenyl diphosphate in biosynthesis of isoprene units of the components in most of plants. 1-deoxy-D-xylulose is one of the recently known alternative source for isopentenyl diphosp...
It has been long assumed that mevalonate is the only precursor of isopentenyl diphosphate in biosynthesis of isoprene units of the components in most of plants. 1-deoxy-D-xylulose is one of the recently known alternative source for isopentenyl diphosphate. To test the variety of the incorporation of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in plants, cell suspension culture of 25 plants were established in six-well culture plate supplemented with labled 1-deoxy-D-xylulose. The radioactive metabolites were detected as spots on TLC plate with phospho image luminescence analyser.