A direct method to visualise the aryl acylamidase activity on cholinesterases in polyacrylamide gels

In vertebrates, two types of cholinesterases exist, acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase. The function of acetylcholinesterase is to hydrolyse acetylcholine, thereby terminating the neurotransmission...

Source: BMC Biochemistry - December 20, 2000 Category: Biochemistry Authors: Lakshmanan Jaganathan and Rathanam Boopathy Source Type: research