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Facts about Carbonic anhydrase 2.
Can hydrate cyanamide into urea. Involved in the regulation of fluid secretion into the anterior chamber of the eye.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CA2 |
| Uniprot: | P00918 |
| Entrez: | 760 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| alpha-carbonic anhydrase family |

CA2; CAII; CA-IIEC 4.2.1.1; Car2; Carbonate dehydratase II; carbonic anhydrase 2; carbonic anhydrase B; Carbonic anhydrase C; Carbonic Anhydrase II; carbonic anhydrase IICAC; carbonic dehydratase
Mass (kDA):
29.246 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 8q21.2 |
| Sequence: | 8; NC_000008.11 (85463902..85481493) |
Cytoplasm. Cell membrane. Colocalized with SLC26A6 at the surface of the cell membrane in order to form a bicarbonate transport metabolon. Displaced from the cytosolic surface of the cell membrane by PKC in phorbol myristate acetate (PMA)-induced cells.





PMID: 3108857 by Montgomery J.C., et al. Nucleotide sequence of human liver carbonic anhydrase II cDNA.
PMID: 3121496 by Murakami H., et al. Cloning, expression, and sequence homologies of cDNA for human carbonic anhydrase II.
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