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P a g e | 13FPP (6)SqualenesynthasePPO23FPP (6)allylic cationelectrophilic additiongiving tertiary cationHHOPPHloss of proton with formationof cyclopropane ringOPPHHPresqualene diphosphate (8)HW-M 1,3-alkylshiftbond cleavage yields alkeneand stable allylic cationHNADPHHcation quenchedby attack of hydrideHSqualene (9)Scheme 3: Formation of squalene (Dewick, 2006)Cyclisation of squalene (9) is possible through the intermediate squalene-2,3-oxide (10)which is produced in a reaction catalysed by a flavoprotein in the presence of O 2 andNADPH cofactors, resulting in the epoxidation of the terminal double bond in squalene(10).If squalene-2,3-oxide (10) is folded onto a chair-chair-chair-boat conformation on theenzyme surface, the transient dammarenyl cation (11) is produced through a series ofcyclisations followed by a sequence of Wagner-Meerwein rearrangements of 1,2-hydride

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