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. 2002 Apr 4;1:e0028. doi: 10.1199/tab.0028

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Figure 6: The reaction catalyzed by CYP51 genes in higher plants. CYP51 is an obtusifiliol 14α-demethylase and catalyzes three successive oxidations of the carbon 32, leading to C-C rupture and release of the methyl in C-14 as formic acid to form 4αmethyl-5αergosta-8,14,24(241)-trien-3β ol.