EC 3.1.1.8: Cholinesterase
Reaction catalysed:
An acylcholine + H(2)O = choline + a carboxylate
Systematic name:
Acylcholine acylhydrolase
Alternative Name(s):
- Benzoylcholinesterase
- BtChoEase
- Butyrylcholine esterase
- Butyrylcholinesterase
- Choline esterase
- Choline esterase II (unspecific)
- Non-specific cholinesterase
- Propionylcholinesterase
- Pseudocholineesterase
- Pseudocholinesterase
GO terms
Biochemical function:
Biological process:
- response to folic acid
- response to glucocorticoid
- negative regulation of synaptic transmission
- cocaine metabolic process
- response to alkaloid
- choline metabolic process
- peptide hormone processing
- neuroblast differentiation
- response to xenobiotic stimulus
- negative regulation of cell population proliferation
- learning
- response to nutrient
- xenobiotic metabolic process
- acetylcholine catabolic process
Protein family (Pfam)![The deposited structure of PDB entry 8ai7 contains 1 copy of Pfam domain PF00135 (Carboxylesterase family) in Cholinesterase. Showing 1 copy in chain A [auth F].](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbe/static/entry/8ai7_1_F_Pfam_PF00135_image-200x200.png "The deposited structure of PDB entry <span class='highlight'>8ai7</span> contains 1 copy of Pfam domain <span class='highlight'>PF00135 (Carboxylesterase family)</span> in <span class='highlight'>Cholinesterase</span>. Showing 1 copy in chain <span class='highlight'>A [auth F]</span>.")
InterPro annotations