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Carbonic Anhydrase from bovine erythrocytes

lyophilized powder, ≥2,000 W-A units/mg protein

Synonym(s):

Carbonate Dehydratase, Carbonate Hydrolyase

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CAS Number:
9001-03-0
Enzyme Commission number:
4.2.1.1 (BRENDA, IUBMB)
EC Number:
232-576-6
MDL number:
MFCD00081467
UNSPSC Code:
12352204
NACRES:
NA.54

biological source

bovine erythrocytes

form

lyophilized powder

specific activity

≥2,000 W-A units/mg protein

mol wt

30 kDa

application(s)

diagnostic assay manufacturing

storage temp.

2-8°C

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Application

Carbonic anhydrase from bovine erythrocytes (BCA) has been used to study the effect of removal of enzyme-bound metal ion, Zn2+, on aggregation behavior of the enzyme. Removal of metal ion by a chelator such as EDTA enhances the propensity of the enzyme to adopt the molten-globule state. This state of the enzyme is found to bind to the chaperone-like α-crystallin and prevent aggregation. The enzyme from Sigma has been immobilized to electrochemical transducers in order to obtain develop an analytical device for dissolved CO2 measurement. It has also been used for the thermodynamic analysis of conformational changes in BCA.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Carbonic anhydrase is a zinc metalloenzyme that has a molecular weight of approximately 30,000 Da. The enzyme catalyzes the hydration of carbon dioxide to carbonic acid. It is involved in vital physiological and pathological processes such as pH and CO2 homeostasis, transport of bicarbonate and CO2, biosynthetic reactions, bone resorption, calcification, and tumorigenicity. Therefore, this enzyme is an important target for inhibitors with clinical applications for various pathologies such as glaucoma, epilepsy and Parkinson′s disease.

Unit Definition

One Wilbur-Anderson (W-A) unit will cause the pH of a 0.02 M Trizma buffer to drop from 8.3 to 6.3 per min at 0°C. (One W-A unit is essentially equivalent to one Roughton-Booth unit.)

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Pictograms

Health hazard
GHS08

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H334

Precautionary Statements

P261 - P284 - P501

Hazard Classifications

Resp. Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Mikhail Krasavin et al.
Journal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry, 35(1), 165-171 (2019-11-23)
Testing of an expanded, 800-compound set of analogues of the earlier described Strecker-type α-aminonitriles (selected from publicly available Enamine Ltd. Screening Collection) in thermal shift assay against bovine carbonic anhydrase (bCA) led to further validation of this new class of
A carbonic anhydrase gene is induced in the nodule primordium and its cell-specific expression is controlled by the presence of Rhizobium during development.
Coba de la Pe??a, et al.
The Plant Journal, 11, 407-420 (2019)
Angelina M Dichiera et al.
The Journal of experimental biology, 223(Pt 22) (2020-11-28)
Oxygen (O2) and carbon dioxide (CO2) transport are tightly coupled in many fishes as a result of the presence of Root effect hemoglobins (Hb), whereby reduced pH reduces O2 binding even at high O2 tensions. Red blood cell carbonic anhydrase
Fraser J Moss et al.
The Journal of physiology, 598(24), 5821-5856 (2020-09-25)
According to the HCO 3 - metabolon hypothesis, direct association of cytosolic carbonic anhydrases (CAs) with the electrogenic Na/HCO3 cotransporter NBCe1-A speeds transport by regenerating/consuming HCO 3 - . The present work addresses published discrepancies as to whether
Use of carbonic anhydrase in electrochemical biosensors for dissolved CO2
Cammaroto C, et al.
Sensors and Actuators B, Chemical, 48(1-3), 439-447 (1998)
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Protocols

Enzymatic Assay of Carbonic Anhydrase for Wilbur-Anderson Units (EC 4.2.1.1)

Objective: To standardize a procedure for the enzymatic assay of Carbonic Anhydrase (EC 4.2.1.1) for Wilbur-Anderson Units.

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