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Biosynthesis of cholesterol and the sterol agonists of SMO (shown in green). 7-ketocholesterol can be formed either by non-enzymatic oxidation of cholesterol or enzymatically from 7-dehydrocholesterol. See Fig. 3 for the structures of sterols indicated with numbers.
