gene: ace-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans 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).