C3934
Carbonic Anhydrase from bovine erythrocytes
lyophilized powder, ≥2,000 W-A units/mg protein
Synonym(s):
Carbonate Dehydratase, Carbonate Hydrolyase
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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.)
Signal Word
Danger
Hazard Statements
Precautionary Statements
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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Heather N Hollowell et al.
Journal of biochemistry and molecular biology, 40(2), 205-211 (2007-03-31)
The stability curve - a plot of the Gibbs free energy of unfolding versus temperature - is calculated for bovine erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase in 150 mM sodium phosphate (pH = 7.0) from a combination of reversible differential scanning calorimetry measurements
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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 J Boller et al.
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The cosmopolitan, bloom-forming diatom, Skeletonema costatum, is a prominent primary producer in coastal oceans, fixing CO2 with ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) that is phylogenetically distinct from terrestrial plant RubisCO. RubisCOs are subdivided into groups based on sequence similarity of their
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)
K Rajaraman et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 271(44), 27595-27600 (1996-11-01)
alpha-Crystallin, a multimeric protein, exhibits chaperone-like activity in preventing aggregation of several proteins. We have studied the chaperone-like activity of alpha-crystallin toward heat-induced aggregation of bovine and human carbonic anhydrase. Human carbonic anhydrase aggregates at 60 degrees C, while bovine
Protocols
Enzymatic Assay of Carbonic Anhydrase for Wilbur-Anderson Units (EC 4.2.1.1)
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