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acetylcholine metabolic process

Description

"The chemical reactions and pathways involving acetylcholine, the acetic acid ester of the organic base choline. Acetylcholine is a major neurotransmitter and neuromodulator both in the central and peripheral nervous systems. It also acts as a paracrine signal in various non-neural tissues." [GOC:jl, GOC:nln, ISBN:0192800752]

Terms

acetylcholine metabolismEnglish- exact synonym

Identifier

GO:0008291
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Hierarchy

gene ontology entity
biological_process
cellular process
cellular metabolic process
amine metabolic process
biogenic amine metabolic process
ethanolamine and derivative metabolic process
acetylcholine metabolic process
acetylcholine biosynthetic process
acetylcholine catabolic process
choline metabolic process
ethanolamine metabolic process
triethanolamine metabolic process
amino acid and derivative metabolic process
amino acid derivative metabolic process
biogenic amine metabolic process
ethanolamine and derivative metabolic process
acetylcholine metabolic process
acetylcholine biosynthetic process
acetylcholine catabolic process
choline metabolic process
ethanolamine metabolic process
triethanolamine metabolic process
neurotransmitter metabolic process
acetylcholine metabolic process
acetylcholine biosynthetic process
acetylcholine catabolic process
dopamine metabolic process
epinephrine metabolic process
histamine metabolic process
neurotransmitter biosynthetic process
neurotransmitter catabolic process
norepinephrine metabolic process
octopamine metabolic process
phenylethylamine metabolic process
metabolic process
cellular metabolic process
amine metabolic process
biogenic amine metabolic process
ethanolamine and derivative metabolic process
acetylcholine metabolic process
acetylcholine biosynthetic process
acetylcholine catabolic process
choline metabolic process
ethanolamine metabolic process
triethanolamine metabolic process
amino acid and derivative metabolic process
amino acid derivative metabolic process
biogenic amine metabolic process
ethanolamine and derivative metabolic process
acetylcholine metabolic process
acetylcholine biosynthetic process
acetylcholine catabolic process
choline metabolic process
ethanolamine metabolic process
triethanolamine metabolic process
neurotransmitter metabolic process
acetylcholine metabolic process
acetylcholine biosynthetic process
acetylcholine catabolic process
dopamine metabolic process
epinephrine metabolic process
histamine metabolic process
neurotransmitter biosynthetic process
neurotransmitter catabolic process
norepinephrine metabolic process
octopamine metabolic process
phenylethylamine metabolic process
nitrogen compound metabolic process
amine metabolic process
biogenic amine metabolic process
ethanolamine and derivative metabolic process
acetylcholine metabolic process
acetylcholine biosynthetic process
acetylcholine catabolic process
choline metabolic process
ethanolamine metabolic process
triethanolamine metabolic process
primary metabolic process
amino acid and derivative metabolic process
amino acid derivative metabolic process
biogenic amine metabolic process
ethanolamine and derivative metabolic process
acetylcholine metabolic process
acetylcholine biosynthetic process
acetylcholine catabolic process
choline metabolic process
ethanolamine metabolic process
triethanolamine metabolic process
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