Science · 1958 · 39 citations · 12 references
Life SciencesNeurobiologyNeuroscienceEnzymologyNeurochemistrySignal TransductionCholinergic SignalingEnzyme Active SitesNeuromuscular JunctionNeurotransmissionNeurotransmitter ReceptorsSynaptic TransmissionAcetylcholinesterase FunctionCholinergic Signal TransductionPacinian Corpuscle FunctionSynaptic Junctions
Cholinesterase is found at the sites for mechanoelectric conversion of Pacinian corpuscles; its acetylcholinesplitting activity is of the same order of magnitude as that of the cholinesterase at neuromuscular junctions. The enzyme is not a typical acetylcholinesterase.
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