Acetylcholinesterase
BE0000426ProteinHumansACHE
Hydrolyzes rapidly the acetylcholine neurotransmitter released into the synaptic cleft allowing to terminate the signal transduction at the neuromuscular junction. It is acted on by 162 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- ACHE
- UniProtKB entry
- P22303Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Synapse
- Residues / weight
- 614 residues · 67,796 Da
- Also known as
- 3.1.1.7 · AChE
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Acetylcholinesterase, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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