Compound: Artemisinin

MF

C15H22O5

MW

282.33

Function

Antimalarial

Basic Organisms

Artemisia annua

Precursor

artemisinic acid

Host

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Synthesis Type

simi-biosynthesis

Downstream Gene

CYP71AV1, CPR1, CYB5, ADH1, ALDH1

Pathway

pathway

Reference

Paddon C J, Westfall P J, Pitera D J, et al. High-level semi-synthetic production of the potent antimalarial artemisinin[J]. Nature, 2013, 496(7446): 528-532.