p1000 : class A acetylcholinesterase reduced 100%; no behavioral phenotype alone (ES1 ME3) but ace-2;ace-1 is uncoordinated (hypercontracted) and ace-2;ace-3;ace-1 is L1 lethal. NA7.
See also e1572
[C.elegansII] p1000 : class A acetylcholinesterase reduced 100%; no behavioral phenotype alone (ES1 ME3) but ace-2;ace-1 is uncoordinated (hypercontracted) and ace-2;ace-3;ace-1 is L1 lethal. Mosaic focus in muscle. OA6: e1572 etc.Cloned: sequence predicts 609 aa, 37% identity with Torpedo acetylcholinesterase. p1000 is W99op. [Herman and Kari 1985; Arpagaus et al. 1994; FF]
ace-1 encodes a class A acetylcholinesterase that functions redundantly with ACE-2 with respect to total class A acetylcholinesterase activity, and that genetically interacts with ace-2 and ace-3; ace-1 is expressed in the body wall muscle, sphincter muscle, head neurons, a few pharyngeal muscle cells, and the diagonal and spicule muscles of the male.
Enables acetylcholinesterase activity and identical protein binding activity. Involved in acetylcholine catabolic process and regulation of locomotion. Located in extracellular space. Expressed in CEP; M cell; OLL; body wall musculature; and non-striated muscle. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Alzheimer's disease; artery disease (multiple); and autoimmune disease (multiple). Is an ortholog of human ACHE (acetylcholinesterase (Yt blood group)) and BCHE (butyrylcholinesterase).