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The chemical reactions and pathways occurring at the level of individual cells resulting in the breakdown of biogenic amines, any of a group of naturally occurring, biologically active amines, such as norepinephrine, histamine, and serotonin, many of which act as neurotransmitters. 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. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetylcholine that occurs in the synaptic cleft during synaptic transmission. The process of communication from a neuron to a target (neuron, muscle, or secretory cell) across a synapse. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetylcholine, the acetic acid ester of the organic base choline. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of any of a group of substances that are released on excitation from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron of the central or peripheral nervous system and travel across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell. The process of communication from a neuron to another neuron across a synapse using the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: acetylcholine catabolic process in synaptic cleft
Acc: GO:0001507
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of acetylcholine that occurs in the synaptic cleft during synaptic transmission.
Synonyms:
  • acetylcholine breakdown in synaptic cleft
  • acetylcholine degradation in synaptic cleft
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0001507 - acetylcholine catabolic process in synaptic cleft (interactive image map)
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