farnesyl pyrophosphate

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| PIN = (2E,6E)-3,7,11-Trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trien-1-yl trihydrogen diphosphate

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| CASNo= 372-97-4

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| InChI=1S/C15H28O7P2/c1-13(2)7-5-8-14(3)9-6-10-15(4)11-12-21-24(19,20)22-23(16,17)18/h7,9,11H,5-6,8,10,12H2,1-4H3,(H,19,20)(H2,16,17,18)/b14-9+,15-11+

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| C=15 | H=28 | O=7 | P=2

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Farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), also known as farnesyl diphosphate (FDP), is the precursor to all sesquiterpenes, which comprises thousand of compounds.{{cite book |doi=10.1002/0471238961.2005181602120504.a01.pub2|chapter=Terpenoids |title=Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology |year=2006 |last1=Sell |first1=Charles S. |isbn=0471238961 }} These include all sesquiterpenes as well as sterols and carotenoids.{{cite journal|title=Cyclization enzymes in the biosynthesis of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, and diterpenes| vauthors = Davis EM, Croteau R |s2cid=53419212|journal=Topics in Current Chemistry |year=2000 |volume=209 |pages=53–95 |doi=10.1007/3-540-48146-X_2 |isbn=978-3-540-66573-1}} It is also used in the synthesis of CoQ (part of the electron transport chain), as well as dehydrodolichol diphosphate (a precursor of dolichol, which transports proteins to the ER lumen for N-glycosylation).