CHEBI:15355 - acetylcholine

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ChEBI Name acetylcholine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:15355
Definition Actylcholine is an ester of acetic acid and choline, which acts as a neurotransmitter.
Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.
Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:40559, CHEBI:2416, CHEBI:12686, CHEBI:13715, CHEBI:22197
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Roles Classification
Biological Role(s): human metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens).
mouse metabolite
Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in a mouse (Mus musculus).
muscarinic agonist
Any drug that binds to and activates a muscarinic cholinergic receptor.
hormone
Originally referring to an endogenous compound that is formed in specialized organ or group of cells and carried to another organ or group of cells, in the same organism, upon which it has a specific regulatory function, the term is now commonly used to include non-endogenous, semi-synthetic and fully synthetic analogues of such compounds.
neurotransmitter
An endogenous compound that is used to transmit information across the synapse between a neuron and another cell.
Application(s): vasodilator agent
A drug used to cause dilation of the blood vessels.
muscarinic agonist
Any drug that binds to and activates a muscarinic cholinergic receptor.
Related Structures
acetylcholine is a Structural Derivative of
acetic acid
Mass : 60.05200
Formula : C2H4O2
15366 		ammonium
Mass : 18.03850
Formula : H4N
28938 		ammonium
Mass : 18.03850
Formula : H4N
28938
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has part
is conjugate base of
is conjugate acid of
is tautomer of
is enantiomer of
has functional parent
has parent hydride
is substituent group from
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