Type: | Family | Name: | Pectinacetylesterase/NOTUM |
Description: | This family includes protein Notum from animals and pectinacetylesterase (PAE) from plants. Notum is a carboxylesterase that removes an essential palmitoleate moiety from Wnt proteins. Notum constitutes the first known extracellular protein deacylase [, ]. PAEs catalyse the deacetylation of pectin, a major compound of primary cell walls [, ]. | Short Name: | PAE/NOTUM |