Applications
The Shikimate pathway has become a focus of research into the development of herbicides and antimicrobial agents because it is an essential pathway in many plants, bacteria, and parasites but does not exist in mammals.
Inhibitors of the shikimate pathway in mycobacterium have the potential of treating tuberculosis.
Most of the 3-dehydroquinate-dehydratase in bacteria and higher plants is type I DHQD.
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