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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jul 9.
Published in final edited form as: Phytochem Rev. 2006 Feb;5(1):75–97. doi: 10.1007/s11101-005-3748-2

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Proposed mechanism for cytochrome P450 taxadiene 5α-hydroxylase involving two modes of hydrogen abstraction to a common allylic radical followed by stereoselective oxygen insertion at the α-face of the common intermediate. Isomerization of the taxadiene isomers is not observed.

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