Carbonic Anhydrases in Cnidarians: Novel Perspectives from the Octocorallian Corallium rubrum

Although the ability to elaborate calcium carbonate biominerals was apparently gained independently during animal evolution, members of the alpha carbonic anhydrases (α-CAs) family, which catalyze the interconversion of CO2 into HCO3-, are involved in the biomineralization process across metazoans....

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Main Authors: Le Goff, Carine, Ganot, Philippe, Zoccola, Didier, Caminiti-Segonds, Natacha, Allemand, Denis, Tambutté, Sylvie
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4981384/