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Mevalonate cascade. Statins inhibit the rate-limiting enzyme of the mevalonate cascade, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, which converts HMG-CoA to mevalonate. Mevalonate is the precursor of many biologically important compounds (see text for details). Broken lines represent the abbreviated multi-step reactions.
