Carbonic Anhydrases of Environmentally and Medically Relevant Anaerobic Prokaryotes

James G. Ferry

doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-63258-6.00018-4

Carbonic Anhydrases of Environmentally and Medically Relevant Anaerobic Prokaryotes

James G. Ferry

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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Abstract

Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) catalyze the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide to bicarbonate and are abundantly distributed in all three phylogenetic domains of life including anaerobic microbes (anaerobes) living without O₂. Carbon dioxide is a universal metabolite of anaerobes necessitating CA for a diversity of physiological functions. Anaerobes comprise at least half of the living protoplasm in Earth's biosphere, where they convert complex biomass to methane and carbon dioxide contributing an essential link in the global carbon cycle. Diverse species of anaerobes are also a major component of the microbiomes of humans and other mammals where they perform essential functions and are also agents of disease.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Carbonic Anhydrases as Biocatalysts
Subtitle of host publication	From Theory to Medical and Industrial Applications
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	325-336
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9780444632630
ISBN (Print)	9780444632586
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63258-6.00018-4
State	Published - Jan 8 2015

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