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The cholesterol biosynthesis pathway. Cholesterol biosynthesis is a complex process involving more than 30 enzymes. A simplified version is shown here,which highlights the step inhibited by statins, and shown the chemical structures of the starting material (HMG-CoA)and product (mevaonate) of this step.
