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The cyclase of the protozoon Tetrahymena pyriformis, which normally converts squalene into the pentacyclic tetrahymanol, cyclized 2,3-dihydrosqualene into euph-7-ene with an unexpected tetracyclic skeleton and back-bone rearrangement.
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Abe et al. (1991) studied this question.
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