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Disarming Wnt

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The secreted enzyme Notum has been found to inhibit the Wnt signalling pathway through removal of a lipid that is linked to the Wnt protein and that is required for activation of Wnt receptor proteins. See Article p.187

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Figure 1: Notum shoots the messenger in Wnt signalling.

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