Xing Li

TL;DR: Biochemical analysis demonstrated that the AabHLH1 protein was capable of binding to the E-box cis-elements, present in both ADS and CYP71AV1 promoters, and possessed transactivation activity in yeast, suggesting that Aab HLH1 can positively regulate the biosynthesis of artemisinin.

TL;DR: Functional and enzymatic assays showed that the recombinant enzyme was able to reversibly reduce a variety of common CADs substrates, namely geranial, cinnamyl aldehyde, sinapyl aldhyde, coniferyl aldehydes, and a sesquiterpenoid artemisinic aldechemical respectively.

TL;DR: To the knowledge, PcPKS5 is the first reported three-intron STS gene in flowering plants, and it is speculated that this involved a possible evolutionary route of plant-specific type III PKS superfamily in P. cuspidatum.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided that overexpression of AaIPPI1 in the cytosol can lead to metabolic alterations of terpenoid biosynthesis, and it is shown that transgenic plants have the potential to yield high production levels of arteannuin B as a new precursor source for artemisinin.

TL;DR: E. coli plasmid pCGN1055 containing the hygromycin phosphotransferase (Hpt) gene under the control of the plant promoter was introduced into wheat protoplasts by cationic liposome (lipofectin)-mediated transformation, and transgenic albino plantlets were obtained.