Term Information

Accession
GO:0004104
Name
cholinesterase activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
BtChoEase activity, acylcholine acylhydrolase activity, anticholineesterase activity, benzoylcholinesterase activity, butyrylcholine esterase activity, butyrylcholinesterase activity, choline esterase II (unspecific) activity, choline esterase activity, non-specific cholinesterase activity, propionylcholinesterase activity, pseudocholinesterase activity
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Catalysis of the reaction: an acylcholine + H2O = choline + a carboxylic acid anion. Source: EC:3.1.1.8
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0004104 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_chembl
Feedback
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Parents of cholinesterase activity (GO:0004104)
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cholinesterase activity [is_a relation] is_a  carboxylic ester hydrolase activity (GO:0052689)
Children of cholinesterase activity (GO:0004104)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
acetylcholinesterase activity (GO:0003990) [is_a relation] is_a  cholinesterase activity
EC
3.1.1.8
MetaCyc
CHOLINESTERASE-RXN
RHEA
21964