BACKGROUND Deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXS) and deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate reductoisomerase (DXR) are the enzymes that catalyze the first two enzyme steps of the methylerythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway to supply the isoprene building-blocks of carotenoids. Plant DXR and DXS enzymes have been reported to function differently depending on…[Read more]

Quantitative chirality sensing of terpenes and terpenoids exhibiting a single double bond as the only functional group, such as α-pinene, β-pinene and camphene, or two alkene moieties like limonene, valencene, and β-caryophyllene is among the most difficult molecular recognition tasks. In this work, a fast chiroptical sensing method that ac…[Read more]