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Proposed mechanism for stereospecific deprotonation of Cβ66 by general base catalysis involving Nη2 of Arg96. Carbanion formation is thought to trigger dehydration of the heterocycle, a process that may be facilitated by the Glu222 carboxylic acid as a proton donor.
