Carbonic anhydrase 13 explained

Carbonic anhydrase 13 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CA13 gene.^[1]

Function

Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are a family of zinc metalloenzymes that catalyze the interconversion between carbon dioxide and water and the dissociated ions of carbonic acid (i.e. bicarbonate and hydrogen ions).^{[2] [3]}

Further reading

• Lehtonen J, Shen B, Vihinen M, Casini A, Scozzafava A, Supuran CT, Parkkila AK, Saarnio J, Kivelä AJ, Waheed A, Sly WS, Parkkila S . 6 . Characterization of CA XIII, a novel member of the carbonic anhydrase isozyme family . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 279 . 4 . 2719–27 . January 2004 . 14600151 . 10.1074/jbc.M308984200 . free .
• Kummola L, Hämäläinen JM, Kivelä J, Kivelä AJ, Saarnio J, Karttunen T, Parkkila S . Expression of a novel carbonic anhydrase, CA XIII, in normal and neoplastic colorectal mucosa . BMC Cancer . 5 . 41 . April 2005 . 15836783 . 1097719 . 10.1186/1471-2407-5-41 . free .
• Hilvo M, Innocenti A, Monti SM, De Simone G, Supuran CT, Parkkila S . Recent advances in research on the most novel carbonic anhydrases, CA XIII and XV . Current Pharmaceutical Design . 14 . 7 . 672–8 . 2008 . 18336313 . 10.2174/138161208783877811 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Entrez Gene: Carbonic anhydrase 13. 2019-12-31.
2. Badger MR, Price GD. 1994. The role of carbonic anhydrase in photosynthesis. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol.. 45. 369–392. 10.1146/annurev.pp.45.060194.002101.
3. Lindskog S . Structure and mechanism of carbonic anhydrase . Pharmacology & Therapeutics . 74 . 1 . 1–20 . 1997 . 9336012 . 10.1016/S0163-7258(96)00198-2 .