The degradative enzyme for acetylcholine, which cleaves the ester bond and releases acetate and choline.
Enzyme found close to nerve terminals; rapidly hydrolyses acetylcholine at the synapse. It is the most important factor for inactivation of acetylcholine.
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An enzyme present in nerve tissue, muscles and red blood cells that catalyzes the hydrolysis of acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid, allowing neural transmission across synapses to occur; true cholinesterase.
An enzyme that helps degrade the nerve transmitter substance "acetylcholine". Acetylcholinesterase is normally found at the point at which two nerves communicate.
An enzyme (a protein produced in the cells) which stops (inactivates) the action of acetylcholine by separating the acetylcholine into its components of acetic and chorine. This occurs as soon as acetylcholine has produced a muscle contraction. Nerve agents combine with acetylcholinesterase to prevent it from performing its inactivation of acetylcholine.
Enzyme capable of breaking down acetylcholine.
an enzyme regulating an (accelerated) breakdown of acetylcholine. It is produced in the central nervous system.
An enzyme located in the gap between a nerve ending and the muscle cell membrane whose function is to inactivate acetylcholine.
Enzyme that terminates the action of acetylcholine.
An enzyme found in the synaptic cleft, bound to the postsynaptic membrane, and in tissue fluids; breaks down and inactivates acetylcholine molecules.
an enzyme that degrades the neurotransmitter acetylcholine in the brain and other tissues of the body. Acetylcholine is a chemical substance that sends signals between nerve cells (called neurotransmission) and is therefore called a neurotransmitter. Neurotransmitters are secreted by neurons (nerve cells) into the space between neurons called the synapse. Acetylcholine is a primary neurotransmitter in the brain, and is associated with memory and cognition. Acetylcholinesterase is the enzyme present in the synapse that degrades acetylcholine.
enzyme produced naturally in the body to break down the production of acetylcholine - a chemical that promotes messages going from nerve endings to other nerve endings
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An enzyme present in various tissues, including muscle and red cells, that breaks down acetylcholine (a chemical released by nerves that activates muscle contractions) and helps to maintain proper transmission of impulses between nerve cells and between nerve cells and muscles; also called true cholinesterase. Measuring acetylcholinesterase in amniotic fluid may help confirm a suspected neural tube defect in the fetus.
Enzyme that breaks down acetylcholine into acetic acid and choline.