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SUBMITTER: Demiray M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5396139 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20170313 15
Artemisinin from the plant Artemisia annua is the most potent pharmaceutical for the treatment of malaria. In the plant, the sesquiterpene cyclase amorphadiene synthase, a cytochrome-dependent CYP450, and an aldehyde reductase convert farnesyl diphosphate (FDP) into dihydroartemisinic aldehyde (DHAAl), which is a key intermediate in the biosynthesis of artemisinin and a semisynthetic precursor for its chemical synthesis. Here, we report a chemoenzymatic process that is able to deliver DHAAl usin ...[more]