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. 2015 Oct 14;7(4):2037–2053. doi: 10.3390/cancers7040875

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Proposed mechanism of Hh precursor cholesterolysis as a self-catalyzed event. Inset depicts the two chemical steps: an N-S acyl shift (Step 1) followed by transesterification (Step 2). Signaling ligand, HhN (blue); autocatalytic segment, HhC (green).