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)