In the Gramineae, the cyclic hydroxamic acids 2,4-dihydroxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIBOA)
and 2,4-dihydroxy-7-methoxy-1,4-benzoxazin-3-one (DIMBOA) form part of the defense …

New technologies such as high-throughput methods and 13 C-isotopologue-profiling analysis
are beginning to provide us with insight into the in vivo metabolism of microorganisms, …

Recent studies have uncovered the existence of an alternative, non-mevalonate pathway for
the formation of isopentenyl pyrophosphate and dimethylallyl pyrophosphate, the two …

It has recently been shown that in anaerobic microorganisms the tricarboxylic acid (TCA)
cycle, including the seemingly irreversible citrate synthase reaction, can be reversed and used …

2-C-methylerythritol 4-phosphate has been established recently as an intermediate of the
deoxyxylulose phosphate pathway used for biosynthesis of terpenoids in plants and in many …

Recently, a mevalonate-independent pathway was discovered in bacteria and plants that
leads to the formation of isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate, the two basic …

A cell culture of Taxus chinensis was established to produce the diterpene 2alpha,5alpha,10beta,14beta-tetra-acetoxy4
++ +(20),11-taxadiene (taxuyunnanine C) in 2.6% (dry weight) …

The interaction of bacterial pathogens with mammalian hosts leads to a variety of physiological
responses of the interacting partners aimed at an adaptation to the new situation. These …

Although the mevalonate pathway had been considered for a long time as the unique source
of biosynthetic isoprenoids, an alternative pathway has recently been discovered. The first …

α-Amino acids can undergo peptide formation by activation with carbon monoxide (CO)
under hot aqueous conditions in the presence of freshly coprecipitated colloidal (Fe,Ni)S. We …