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Ache Gene Detail
 Symbol
Name
ID
Ache
acetylcholinesterase
MGI:87876


Nomenclature History
Genetic Map
Chromosome 5
77.0 cM
Detailed Genetic Map ± 1 cM
 
Mapping data( 7)

Sequence Map
Chr5:137728747-137735694 bp, + strand
(From VEGA annotation of NCBI Build 37)
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Mammalian
homology
human; cattle; dog, domestic; rabbit, European; rat    (Mammalian Orthology)
Comparative Map (Mouse/Human Ache ± 2 cM)
Protein SuperFamily: esterase, acetylcholinesterase type
TreeFam: TF315470
Sequences
Representative Sequences Length Strain/Species Flank
genomic OTTMUSG00000021643 VEGA Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 6948 C57BL/6J ± Kb
transcript NM_009599 RefSeq | MGI Sequence Detail 2184 C57BL/6
polypeptide P21836 UniProt | EBI | MGI Sequence Detail 614 Not Applicable
For the selected sequences
All sequences(39)
Alleles
and
phenotypes
All alleles(8) : Targeted, knock-out(5) Targeted, other(3)
Homozygous mutants show retarded postnatal development, tremors, impaired righting response, delayed maturation of external ear, failure of eyelids to open, and die by 3-wk. of age. Mutants are highly sensitive to butyrylcholinesterase inhibitor toxicity.
Polymorphisms RFLP(1) SNPs within 2kb(18 from dbSNP Build 128)  
Gene Ontology
(GO)
classifications
All GO classifications(23)
Process acetylcholine catabolic process, neurotransmitter catabolic process...
Component anchored to membrane, cell junction...
Function acetylcholinesterase activity, carboxylesterase activity...
This is a GO Consortium Reference Genome Project gene.
External Resources: MouseFunc
Expression Literature Summary: (49 records)
Data Summary: Assays (11)    Results (99)    Tissues (52)    Images (1)
Theiler Stages: 19,21,23,26,28
  Assay Type Assays   Results
      RT-PCR 8   86
      Immunohistochemistry 1   3
      RNase protection 2   10
cDNA source data(23)
External Resources: Allen Brain Atlas  GEO 
Molecular
reagents
All nucleic(34) Genomic(7) cDNA(24) Primer pair(3) Antibodies(1)
Microarray probesets(2)
Other database
links
EC 3.1.1.7
Ensembl Gene Model ENSMUSG00000023328
PDB 1C2B, 1C2O, 1J06, 1J07, 1KU6, 1MAA, 1MAH, 1N5M, 1N5R, 1Q83, 1Q84, 2C0P, 2C0Q, 2GYU, 2GYV, 2GYW, 2H9Y, 2HA0, 2HA2, 2HA3, 2HA4, 2HA5, 2HA6, 2HA7, 2JEY, 2JEZ, 2JF0, 2JGE, 2JGF, 2JGG, 2JGH, 2JGI, 2JGJ, 2JGK, 2JGL, 2JGM, 2WHP, 2WHQ, 2WHR, 2WLS, 3DL4, 3DL7
DFCI TC1582401, TC1607531, TC1708696, TC1719066
NIA Mouse Gene Index U006316
Entrez Gene 11423
VEGA Gene Model OTTMUSG00000021643
International Mouse Knockout Project Status Ache
Protein
domains
InterPro ID Description
IPR000997 Cholinesterase
IPR002018 Carboxylesterase, type B
IPR014788 Acetylcholinesterase, tetramerisation
IPR019819 Carboxylesterase type B, conserved site
IPR019826 Carboxylesterase type B, active site
Graphical View of Protein Domain Structure
References
(Earliest) J:13986 Sweet HO, "Wasted linkage" Mouse News Lett 1984;71():31
(Latest) J:153967 Espallergues J et al., "Behavioral phenotyping of heterozygous acetylcholinesterase knockout (AChE+/-) mice showed no memory enhancement but hyposensitivity to amnesic drugs." Behav Brain Res 2010 Jan 20;206(2):263-73
All references(114)
Other
accession IDs
MGD-MRK-1035

Contributing Projects:
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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last database update
11/20/2009
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