diphosphomevalonate
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English
Etymology
From di- + phospho- + mevalonate.
Noun
diphosphomevalonate (plural diphosphomevalonates)
- mevalonate diphosphate
- 2015 November 14, “Negative Feedbacks by Isoprenoids on a Mevalonate Kinase Expressed in the Corpora Allata of Mosquitoes”, in PLOS ONE, :
- MVK class I are inhibited by metabolites downstream of the diphosphomevalonate carboxylase reaction (IPP, DMAPP, GPP, FPP and longer chain isoprenoids), MVK class II are inhibited by diphosphomevalonate (DPM), but not by metabolites downstream of diphosphomevalonate carboxylase, and MVK class III are not inhibited by isoprenoids .