Skip to main content

Medical Subject Headings (thesaurus)

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Preferred term

Acetylcholinesterase  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of ACETYLCHOLINE to CHOLINE and acetate. In the CNS, this enzyme plays a role in the function of peripheral neuromuscular junctions. EC 3.1.1.7.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acetylcholine acetylhydrolase
  • Acetylcholine Hydrolase

In other languages

  • French

  • Acetylcholine acetylhydrolase
  • Acétylcholine acétylhydrolase
  • Choline estérase I
  • True cholinesterase

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-F403GJQD-Z

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 7/7/05