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1-Deoxy-D-xylulose 5-Phosphate is a precursor metabolite of the 2C-Methyl-D-erythritol-4-phosphate (MEP) pathway, from the simple and renewable starting materials D-arabinose and hydroxyacetone.

ChEBI: 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate is the 5-phospho derivative of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose. It has a role as an Escherichia coli metabolite. It is functionally related to a D-xylulose. It is a conjugate acid of a 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 5-phosphate(2-).