... (total number, 7 out of 10) are devoid of genes for the biosynthesis of IPP and DMAPP. The same is true for the genome of the archaeonN. equitans. No putative orthologs of the type II isomerasewere ... accompaniedby the appearance of three new13C-coupled signals at143.4, 111.3 and 21.4 p.p.m. assigned as the carbon atoms3, 4, and 5 of IPP, respectively (cf. Table 1 and Fig. 6).Within the limits of ... alignment of the amino acid sequences of 76 Idi-2 proteins.Gaps were removed from the alignment, and the total number of positions taking intoaccount was 320. The numbers at the nodesare the statistical...