Figure 1.
FIG. 1. Schematic of reaction catalyzed by odCPO/Hem13p.
Propionate side chains on the pyrrole A and B rings are
decarboxylated to form vinyl groups and two molecules of carbon
dioxide. Molecular oxygen is converted to hydrogen peroxide,
presumably via abstraction of a hydrogen atom from each of the
propionate/vinyl C- atoms.
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atoms.