| Primary Identifier | IPR001228 | Type | Family |
| Short Name | IspD |
| description | 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate cytidylyltransferase (IspD) catalyses the formation of 4-diphosphocytidyl-2-C-methyl-D-erythritol from CTP and 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) in the deoxyxylulose pathway of isopentenyl diphosphate (IPP) biosynthesis []. This mevalonate independent pathway that utilizes pyruvate and glyceraldehydes 3-phosphate as starting materials for production of IPP occurs in a variety of bacteria, archaea and plant cells, but is absent in mammals. The isoprenoid pathway is a well known target for anti-infective drug development [, ]. In about twenty percent of bacterial genomes, this protein occurs as IspDF, a bifunctional fusion protein. |
