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    • Figure 1. 

      Regulatory network of artemisinin biosynthetic pathway. The arrows represent direct upregulation of downstream targets. Arrows started from the common upstream regulators or directed toward the common downstream targets are in one colour. Transcription factors of the same family are marked with the same colour.

    • Figure 2. 

      Identified regulation of glandular trichome (GT) formation in A. annua. The arrows represent upregulation of downstream targets, while short lines represent inhibition or downregulation of downstream targets. Transcription factors of the same family are marked with the same colour.

    • Strategies for metabolic engineering of artemisininTarget genes usedArtemisinin increment relative to controlReferences
      Overexpressing key enzymes in artemisinin biosynthesisHMGR22.5%−38.9%[69, 70]
      DXR1.3 fold[71]
      FPS1.5 fold[72, 73]
      ADS82%[74]
      CYP71AV1/CPR38%[71, 75]
      HMGR + FPS80%[80]
      HMGR + ADS7.65 fold[76]
      ADS + CYP71AV1/CPR2.4 fold[78]
      FPS + CYP71AV1/CPR2.6 fold[77]
      ADS + CYP71AV1/CPR+ ALDH12.4 fold[79]
      Repressing competitive pathwaysSQS71%[82]
      CPS77%[82]
      BFS77%[82]
      GAS1.03 fold[82]
      Overexpressing transcription factorsAaERF168%[29]
      AaERF250%[29]
      AaORA53%[30]
      AaTAR138%[31]
      AaTCP14Nearly 1 fold[32]
      AaTCP15Nearly 1 fold[33]
      AaTCP14+AaORA1.8 fold[32]
      AaWRKY11.3-2 fold[36]
      AaGSW10.5-1 fold[37]
      AaWRKY90.6-1.2 fold[38]
      AaMYC223%−55%[44]
      AabHLH11248%−70%[46]
      AaNAC146%−79%[50]
      AaEIN3(repression)About 35%[52]
      AabZIP10.7-1.5 fold[51]
      AaHY5Nearly 1 fold[53]
      Increasing glandular trichome densityAaHD150%[56]
      AaHD835%[58]
      AaMIXTA11 fold[59]
      AaMYB11 fold[63]
      AaTAR250%[66]
      AaMYB1787%[67]
      AaMYB5(knockdown)45%−84%[68]
      AaMYB1643%−56%[68]
      AaGSW21 fold[57]

      Table 1. 

      Summary of genes used for metabolic engineering of artemisinin in A. annua.