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. 2010 Dec 3;5(12):e14222. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0014222

Figure 1. Biosynthetic pathway towards artemisinin.

Figure 1

Genes relevant for this study have been indicated. ADS: amorpha-4,11-diene synthase; Aldh1: aldehyde dehydrogenase 1; CYP71AV1: amorpha-4,11-diene monooxygenase; DBR2: Artemisinic aldehyde double-bond reductase; FPS: farnesyl diphosphate synthase; HMGR: 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA reductase; FPP: farnesyl diphosphate; AAOH: artemisinic alcohol; AAA: artemisinic aldehyde; AA: artemisinic acid; DHAAA: dihydro-artemisinic aldehyde; DHAA: dihydro-artemisinic acid.