What is a Carbonic Anhydrase?

Q: Where do most of the hydrogen ions in the blood originate from

A: The blood is a liquid connective tissue that are responsible for the gaseous transport in our body…

Q: What is it called when blood pH is below what it should be?

A: pH - It is defined as the concentration of hydrogen ion.  If pH is 7, then it will be a neutral…

Q: 162. Alexperimental animal receives a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor. One hour later, which of the…

A: Carbonic anhydrase is a main enzyme found in red blood cells,  plasma cells. This enzymes play a…

Q: What are the two main types of alkalosis?

A: 7.4 to 7.6 is the normal pH range of the blood in healthy individuals. Alkalosis is a condition in…

Q: Two of the key carbonic anhydrases are in the muscles and in the lungs. What would you expect the…

A: The major difference between the carbonic anhydrases in muscles and lungs lies in their respective…

Q: How does ammonia get processed by the kidneys?

A: Our body treats ammonia as a waste product, and get rid of it through the liver. Ammonia can be…

Q: Name the source of alginic acid.

A: Alginic acid is a polysaccharide that comes from brown algae. It is used as a thickener in food, but…

Q: What is the compensatory mechanism for metabolic acidosis

A: Metabolic acidosis refers to the accumulation of acid in the body brought on by renal disease or…

Q: What is it called when blood pH is above what it should be?

A: pH is also known as the power of hydrogen. If a chemical has a lower pH it is said to be an acid,…

Q: To maintain normal H+ balance, daily production of fixed H+ should equal H+ excretion as which of…

A: The kidneys are two reddish brown, bean shaped organs. The kidneys are involved in the regulation of…

Q: what would happen topH if red blood cells could not synthesize bicarbonate?

A: pH is an important quantity that reflects the chemical conditions of a solution. It controls the…

Q: What effect does blood CO2 level have on blood pH?

A: Alterations in carbon dioxide levels in the blood can result in acid-base imbalance, affecting blood…

Q: Define carbonic anhydrase

A: Enzymes are biological catalysts that increase the speed of the biological reactions by lowering the…

Q: What are the main chemical buffers in blood?

A: Buffers are solutions that can resist any change in pH of the solution on the addition of acids or…

Q: Explain carbonic anhydrase?

A: The biological catalysts that speed up the biochemical reactions in living organisms are called…

Q: What other organisms express carbonic anhydrase?

A: Enzymes are protein molecules which acts as a catalyst and speed up the reaction when they act on…

Q: Define hypocapnia and hypercapnia. Name the pHimbalances that result from these conditions and…

A: Carbon dioxide is transported in the blood via three mechanisms: bound to hemoglobin, dissolved in…

Q: Which reaction does the enzyme carbonic anhydrase catalyze?

A: The enzyme carbonic anhydrase balances the blood’s pH and helps in the expiration of carbon dioxide…

Q: How does carbonic acid break down into carbon dioxide and water?

A: Water is known to be the necessity of life. Living organisms are unable to live without water and…

Q: Define how carbaminohemoglobin (HbCO2) is formed ?

A: Haemoglobin (Hb) is a quaternary protein found in the red blood cells (RBCs) that carries oxygen and…

Q: What are some of the tissues that carbonic anhydrase is expressed in?

A: Enzymes are protein molecules which acts as a catalyst and speed up the reaction when they act on…

Q: How does acid deposition occur?

A: Acid rain or acid deposition is a term that is used to describes any form of precipitation with…

Q: Explain why respiration does not normally influence acid-base balance.

A: Introduction: Respiration discharges energy from glucose so life cycles can continue. Aerobic…

Q: What is Thalassemias ? Define the Properties of Thalassemias.  ?

A: Thalassemia is a group of  inherited blood disorders which reduces the production of functional…

Q: How does HCO3- (Bicarbonate ion) help to maintain the pH balance of the blood?

A: The pH of the solution is defined as the negative logarithm of the hydrogen ion concentration. In…

Q: What is the role of the enzyme carbonic anhydrase?

A: The enzyme carbonic anhydrase catalyzes the interconversion of carbon dioxide and carbonic acid ,it…

Q: What is one ion in ECF and ICF and their roles in body ?

A: This fluid contains predominantly Sodium. The Extracellular Fluid denotes the body fluid present…

Q: Which are the two mainmetabolic gases transportedby the blood?

A: The blood is the extracellular connective tissue that plays an important role in transporting…

Q: What happens in thalassemia and What are the main causes of thalassemia?

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Q: TSI tubes indicate K/a and sulfide production

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Q: Provide a detailed narrative description of the mechanism of carbonic anhydrase.

A: Carbonic anhydrase : It is a metaloenzyme (complexed with zinc) which mainly catalyzes the inter…