CA1

Carbonic anhydrases (CAs) are a large family of zinc metalloenzymes that catalyze the reversible hydration of carbon dioxide. They participate in a variety of biological processes, including respiration, calcification, acid-base balance, bone resorption, and the formation of aqueous humor, cerebrospinal fluid, saliva, and gastric acid. They show extensive diversity in tissue distribution and in their subcellular localization. CA1 is closely linked to CA2 and CA3 genes on chromosome 8, and it encodes a cytosolic protein which is found at the highest level in erythrocytes. Variants of this gene have been described in some populations. Multiple alternatively spliced variants, encoding the same protein, have been identified. Transcript variants of CA1 utilizing alternative polyA_sites have been described in literature. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2009]

Description

carbonic anhydrase I

Protein family

Enzymes

Chromosome

8:q21.2 (86239837 - 86291243)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000133742  (ver. 69.37)

Orthologs

Mouse Car1: ENSMUSG00000027556

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants