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How is acetylcholine synthesized?
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catalyzed by ChAT (choline acetyltransferase)
CHOLINE taken up by presynaptic terminal from blood (low affinity) or synaptic cleft (high affinity) and phosphatidylcholine hydrolysis in membrane lipids plus acetylCoA derived when glucose oxidation to pyruavate and decarboxylated to acetyl coA via PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE RXN. |