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Mevalonic acid 5-phosphate (M5P) may be used as a reference material in assays for the separation or detection of mevalonic acid 5-phosphate. Mevalonic acid 5-phosphate is the immediate precursor of isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP) and the mevalonate pathway which leads to isoprenoid biosynthesis. Mevalonic acid 5-phosphate may be used as a substrate to identify and characterize phosphomevalonate kinase(s).

ChEBI: (R)-5-phosphonatomevalonate(3-) is trianion of (R)-5-phosphomevalonic acid arising from deprotonation of the carboxy and phosphate OH groups; major species at pH 7.3. It has a role as a human metabolite and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite. It is an organophosphate oxoanion and a hydroxy monocarboxylic acid anion. It is a conjugate base of a (R)-5-phosphomevalonic acid.

Metabolite of the mevalonate pathwaywhich plays a key role in the biosynthesis of sterolsdolicholheme and ubiquinone. Of interest for research in the disease areas oncologyautoimmune diseasesartherosclerosis and Alzheimer diseaseas well as for inherited deficiencies of mevalonate kinase.