CA7

Carbonic anhydrases 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. The cytosolic protein encoded by this gene is predominantly expressed in the salivary glands. Alternative splicing in the coding region results in multiple transcript variants encoding different isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

Description

carbonic anhydrase VII

Protein family

Enzymes, Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT

Chromosome

16:q22.1 (66878282 - 66888056)

Ensembl ID

ENSG00000168748  (ver. 71.37)

Orthologs

Mouse Car7: ENSMUSG00000031883

Human splice variants
Mouse splice variants