“Isoprenoids [PR01]”  

Isoprenoids

    Isoprenoids [PR01] is a subclass of an organic lipid compound in the lipid chemical structure category of the prenol lipid class [PR class].
    Isoprenoids are found in all organisms play important roles, such as steroid hormones in mammals, carotenoids in plants, and ubiquinone or menaquinone in bacteria.
And all isoprenoids are synthesized by consecutive condensations of the five-carbon monomer isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP).
    The five-carbon unit that constitutes the basic building block of all isoprenoids is the hydrocarbon called:

• isoprenes

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“Plastoquinones”  

Plastoquinone

    In phytochemistry, Plastoquinones are polyunsaturated side-chain quinone derivative with an important link in the electron transport chain (respiratory chain) of green plants during the photosynthetic conversion of light energy by photophosphorylation into the potential energy of chemical bonds.

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“Dolichols”  

Dolichol

    In organic chemistry, Dolichols are a group organic compounds of the polyprenols subclass in the prenol lipid class within the lipids and lipid-like molecules superclass, consisting of long-chain mostly unsaturated organic compounds that are made up of varying numbers of isoprene units terminating in an alpha-saturated isoprenoid group, containing an alcohol functional group, with the 3 isoprene units at the distal end being trans-linked.
    In lipid science, Dolichols are a family of long-chain mostly unsaturated polyisoprenoids organic compounds, made up of varying numbers of isoprene units terminating in an α-saturated isoprenoid group, containing an alcohol functional group.

In our body, Dolichol maybe a product of the HMG-CoA reductase pathway (mevalonate pathway).
    Examples of a dolichols include:

• Acyldolichols
• Dolichol Phosphates

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“Isoprenes”  

Derivatives of isoprenes, or isoprenoids, are abundant in nature, and exist in every livin … … …

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