FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Chemical: acetylcholine
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General Information
Name
acetylcholine
FlyBase ID
FBch0000159
ChEBI Name
acetylcholine
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:15355
PubChem Name
Acetylcholine
PubChem ID
CID:187
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of acetylcholine
acetylcholine
InChIKey

OIPILFWXSMYKGL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: Acetylcholine is actylcholine is an ester of acetic acid and choline, which acts as a neurotransmitter. It has a role as a vasodilator agent, a muscarinic agonist, a hormone, a human metabolite, a mouse metabolite and a neurotransmitter. It is an acetate ester and an acylcholine. Actylcholine is an ester of acetic acid and choline, which acts as a neurotransmitter.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (25)
Synonyms
(2-Acetoxyethyl)trimethylammonium
(PubChem, 2019-)
(2-acetoxyethyl)trimethylammonium
(PubChem, 2019-)
2-acetyloxy-N,N,N-trimethylethanaminium
(ChEBI, 2019-)
51-84-3
(PubChem, 2019-)
ACETYLCHOLINE
(ChEBI, 2019-)
ACh
(Ito et al., 2025, ChEBI, 2019-)
Acetyl choline cation
(PubChem, 2019-)
Acetyl choline ion
(PubChem, 2019-)
Acetylcholine
(ChEBI, 2019-, Zornik et al., 1999)
Acetylcholinum
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ach
(PubChem, 2019-)
Azetylcholin
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Choline acetate
(PubChem, 2019-)
Choline acetate (ester)
(PubChem, 2019-)
O-Acetylcholine
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:187
(PubChem, 2019-)
acetyl choline cation
(PubChem, 2019-)
acetyl choline ion
(PubChem, 2019-)
acetylcholine
(Fan et al., 2025, Sarker et al., 2025, Fujita et al., 2024, Duan et al., 2023, Chen et al., 2022, Shin and Venton, 2022, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Cervantes-Sandoval et al., 2017, Zhang and Gaudry, 2016, Vömel and Wegener, 2007, Brown et al., 2006)
acetylcholinum
(PubChem, 2019-)
ach
(PubChem, 2019-)
choline acetate
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
choline acetate (ester)
(PubChem, 2019-)
o-acetylcholine
(PubChem, 2019-)
pubchem:187
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (25)