Application | Comment | Organism |
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medicine | artemisinin is the main ingredient for malaria prevention. The World Health Organization recommends artemisinin combination therapies (ACT) as the first-line therapy for malaria worldwide | Artemisia annua |
synthesis | for enhanced artemisin production, Appropriate doses of Cd can increase the concentrations of artemisinic metabolites at a certain time point by upregulating the relative expression levels of key enzyme genes involved in artemisinin biosynthesis | Artemisia annua |
Cloned (Comment) | Organism |
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gene DBR2, quantitative real-time PCR expression analysis | Artemisia annua |
Natural Substrates | Organism | Comment (Nat. Sub.) | Natural Products | Comment (Nat. Pro.) | Rev. | Reac. |
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artemisinic aldehyde + NADPH + H+ | Artemisia annua | - |
(11R)-dihydroartemisinic aldehyde + NADP+ | - |
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Organism | UniProt | Comment | Textmining |
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Artemisia annua | C5H429 | cv. guihao third | - |
Source Tissue | Comment | Organism | Textmining |
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leaf | - |
Artemisia annua | - |
additional information | artemisinin is mainly produced and stored in the glandular secretory trichomes on leaves, stems, and inflorescences | Artemisia annua | - |
stem | - |
Artemisia annua | - |
trichome | - |
Artemisia annua | - |
Substrates | Comment Substrates | Organism | Products | Comment (Products) | Rev. | Reac. |
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artemisinic aldehyde + NADPH + H+ | - |
Artemisia annua | (11R)-dihydroartemisinic aldehyde + NADP+ | - |
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Synonyms | Comment | Organism |
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Dbr2 | - |
Artemisia annua |
Cofactor | Comment | Organism | Structure |
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NADPH | - |
Artemisia annua |
Organism | Comment | Expression |
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Artemisia annua | the enzyme DBR2 is induced by 0.12 mmol/l of cadmium. Appropriate doses of cadmium can increase the concentrations of artemisinic metabolites at a certain time point by upregulating the relative expression levels of key enzyme genes involved in artemisinin biosynthesis, overview | up |
General Information | Comment | Organism |
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metabolism | the final step of artemisin biosynthesis involves two genes, a double bond reductase (DBR2) and an aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH1) | Artemisia annua |