... 4457 Isoprenoid biosynthesis via the methylerythritol phosphate pathway Mechanistic investigations of the 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5 -phosphate reductoisomerase Jean-Franc¸ois Hoeffler, Denis Tritsch, Catherine ... this hypothesis, the influence of the concentrations of NADP+and MEP 5 ,the substrates of the reverse reaction, and of NADPH and DXP3, the products of the reaction, on the total amount of NADPH ... 2-C-methyl-D-erythrose-4 -phosphate 4: the role of NADPH The conversion of DXP 3 into MEP 5 by the DXR requires the presence of NADPH as cofactor. The first step of thisconversion, i.e. the rearrangement of DXP...