Carbonic Anhydrase is a group of metalloproteases that catalyze the reversible reaction of CO2 + H2O → HCO3- + H+, which is fundamental to many processes such as respiration, renal tubular acidification and bone resorption. CA5A and CA5B are homologous proteins that are encoded by different genes locating in different chromosomes. However, they both are mitochondrial proteins and have low Carbonic Anhydrase activity. The amino acid sequence of human CA5A is 98%, 80% and 76% identical to that of chimpanzee, dog and mouse.
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