Reaction: H2CO3 = CO2 + H2O
Other name(s): carbonic anhydrase; anhydrase; carbonate anhydrase; carbonic acid anhydrase; carboxyanhydrase; carbonic anhydrase A; carbonate hydro-lyase
Systematic name: carbonate hydro-lyase (carbon-dioxide-forming)
Comments: A zinc protein.
Links to other databases: BRENDA, EXPASY, KEGG, Metacyc, PDB, CAS registry number: 9001-03-0
References:
1. Keilin, D. and Mann, T. Carbonic anhydrase. Nature 144 (1939) 442-443.
2. Murakami, H. and Sly, W.S. Purification and characterization of human salivary carbonic anhydrase. J. Biol. Chem. 262 (1987) 1382-1388. [PMID: 2433278]