Phylogenetic tree construction of butyrylcholinesterase sequences in life forms.
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2006-02-24
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Butyrylcholinesterase is an enzyme with few known physiological functions. It is related to acetylcholine that was shown to be expressed in a variety of life forms. We performed a search using the human butyrylcholinesterase gene (HGNC:983;MIM:177400), and found the sequence in a broad spectrum including plants, bacteria and animals. Therefore butyrylcholinesterase appears to have evolved early in evolution, and to have been conserved.
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Sridhar GR, Lakshmi PV, Rao AA. Phylogenetic tree construction of butyrylcholinesterase sequences in life forms. Journal of the Association of Physicians of India. 2006 Feb; 54(): 122-3