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. 2007 Sep 25;104(40):15613–15618. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0706533104

Fig. 4.

Fig. 4.

Schematic representation of methyl nitrate formation in vivo. In vivo, a small but relatively constant fraction of superoxide ion (O2•−) is diverted from its interaction with superoxide dismutase (SOD) and reacts with nitric oxide (NO) to eventually form methyl nitrate (CH3ONO2).