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The oxidative cyclase reaction for the formation of the fifth ring of the Chl molecule. The conversion of MgPMME to divinyl Pchlide proceeds through three sequential two-electron oxidations. The first step requires molecular oxygen as a substrate for hydroxylation, analogous to the methane monooxygenase reaction. There is also an oxygen requirement for the third reaction.
