| Immunogen | Humanplacentalenzyme. | 
| Host | Goat | 
| Specificity | Recognizescholineacetyltransferasefoundincholinergicneuronsinbrainandcentralnervoussystems. | 
| SpeciesReactivity | AvianGuineaPigHumanMouseMonkeyRatOpossum
 | 
| AntibodyType | PolyclonalAntibody | 
| EntrezGeneNumber |  | 
| EntrezGeneSummary | Cholinergicsystemsareimplicatedinnumerousneurologicfunctions.AlterationinsomecholinergicneuronsmayaccountforthedisturbancesofAlzheimerdisease.Theproteinencodedbythisgenesynthesizestheneurotransmitteracetylcholine.Alternativesplicevariantshavebeenfoundthatcontainalternative5"untranslatedexons.Threeofthefourdescribedsplicevariantsencodeidentical69kDaproteinswhileonevariantencodesboththe69kDaandalarger82kDaprotein. | 
| GeneSymbol | CHATChATCHOACTaseCMS1ACMS1A2
 | 
| PurificationMethod | ImmunoAffinityPurified | 
| UniProtNumber |  | 
| UniProtSummary | FUNCTION:SwissProt:P28329#CatalyzesthereversIBLesynthesisofacetylcholine(ACh)fromacetylCoAandcholineatcholinergicsynapses. SIZE:748aminoacids;82568Da
 DISEASE:SwissProt:P28329#DefectsinCHATarethecauseoffamilialinfantilemyastheniagravis2(FIMG2)[MIM:254210,254200];alsoknownasCMS-EA.FIMG2patientshavemyasthenicsymptomssincebirthorearlyinfancy,negativetestsforanti-AChRantibodies,andabruptepisodiccriseswithincreasedweakness,bulbarparalysis,andapneaprecipitatedbyundueexertion,fever,orexcitement.Inheritanceisautosomalrecessive.
 SIMILARITY:SwissProt:P28329##Belongstothecarnitine/cholineacetyltransferasefamily.
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| MolecularWeight | 70kDa |