Structures of lovastatin, a statin drug that competitively inhibits HMGR, and of HMG-CoA

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<p><b>Copyright information:</b></p><p>Taken from "The 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme-A (HMG-CoA) reductases"</p><p>Genome Biology 2004;5(11):248-248.</p><p>Published online 1 Nov 2004</p><p>PMCID:PMC545772.</p><p>Copyright © 2004 BioMed Central Ltd</p> It can be seen that the portion of the drug shown here at the top resembles the HMG portion of HMG-CoA