After another substrate molecule and oxygen move into the active site, the cycle can repeat. The reorientation of a single peptide bond, an event called an "isomerization," thus acts as a molecular switch, moving the P450 between safe and active forms while protecting the P450 and its environment from accidental oxidative damage.
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