butyrylcholinesterase

Details

Instance of

protein

Part of

cholinesterase, Alpha/Beta hydrolase fold, membrane protein, Carboxylesterase type B, Acetylcholinesterase, tetramerisation domain, protein family, Carboxylesterase type B, active site, protein family, Carboxylesterase type B, conserved site, protein family

Has parts

carboxylesterase type B, active site, carboxylesterase, type B, carboxylesterase type B, conserved site, Acetylcholinesterase, tetramerisation domain

biological process

choline metabolic process, response to nutrient, neuroblast differentiation, response to glucocorticoid, negative regulation of synaptic transmission, learning, cocaine metabolic process, response to alkaloid, response to folic acid, negative regulation of cell population proliferation

cell component

endoplasmic reticulum lumen, blood microparticle, membrane, extracellular region, endoplasmic reticulum, nuclear envelope lumen, extracellular space, blood microparticle

EC enzyme number

3.1.1.8

encoded by

BCHE

found in taxon

Homo sapiens

molecular function

carboxylic ester hydrolase activity, amyloid-beta binding, cholinesterase activity, choline binding, catalytic activity, identical protein binding, acetylcholinesterase activity, enzyme binding, hydrolase activity, hydrolase activity, acting on ester bonds

physically interacts with

bambuterol, physostigmine, pyridostigmine, rivastigmine, tacrine