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ArticleNature communications2025

Dihydroartemisinic acid dehydrogenase-mediated alternative route for artemisinin biosynthesis.

Zizheng Guo, Ying Zhou, Jiangqi Li, De Liu, Yuwen Huang, Yu Zhang, Rongmin Yu, Jianhua Zhu

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. A Systematic Review of Alternative Artemisinin Production Strategies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. Characterization of high-artemisinin yieldingBiochemistry and biophysics reports · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors.

Zizheng GuoBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China.
Ying ZhouDepartment of Natural Product Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China.
Jiangqi LiBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China.
De LiuBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China.
Yuwen HuangBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China.
Yu ZhangDepartment of Natural Product Chemistry, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China.
Rongmin YuBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China. tyrm@jnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2589-558X
Jianhua ZhuBiotechnological Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 511443, China. tzhujh@jnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9706-1437

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 3247418Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Guangdong Natural Science Foundation) 2024A1515010301
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dihydroartemisinic acid (DHAA) converts into antimalarial drug artemisinin (ART) by auto-oxidation. High production of artemisinic acid (AA) has been achieved by fermentation of engineered Saccharomyces cerevisiae, and AA can be converted into ART through DHAA by chemical synthesis. However, there is no enzyme reported to catalyze the conversion of AA to DHAA. Here, we report a dihydroartemisinic acid dehydrogenase (AaDHAADH) from Artemisia annua L, which catalyzes the bidirectional conversion between AA and DHAA. An optimized mutant AaDHAADH (P26L) is obtained through site-directed mutagenesis and its activity toward AA is 2.82 times that of the original gene. De novo synthesis of DHAA is achieved in S. cerevisiae using the targeted optimized gene AaDHAADH (P26L). Furthermore, 3.97 g/L of DHAA is obtained by fermentation of engineered S. cerevisiae in 5 L bioreactor. The discovery of AaDHAADH provides a more convenient and efficient alternative route for ART biosynthesis.

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Artemisia annuaArtemisininsOxidoreductasesPlant ProteinsAntimalarialsFermentationMetabolic EngineeringMutagenesis, Site-DirectedSaccharomyces cerevisiaeAntimalarialsartemisic acidartemisininArtemisininsdihydroartemisinic acidOxidoreductasesPlant Proteins

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PMCPMC12022088

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