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Carbonic anhydrase
The
carbonic anhydrases
(or
carbonate dehydratases
) form a family of
enzymes
that
catalyze
the rapid interconversion of
carbon dioxide
and
water
to
bicarbonate
and
proton
s (or vice versa), a
reversible reaction
that occurs relatively slowly in the absence of a catalyst. The
active site
of most carbonic anhydrases contains a
zinc
ion; they are therefore classified as
metalloenzymes
.
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