carbonic anhydrase-6 (salivary carbonic anhydrase, secreted carbonic anhydrase,CA6)

Function

• reversible hydration of CO2
• role in saliva is unknown

H2CO3 <--> CO2 + H2O

Cofactor: Zn+2 (putative)

Structure

belongs to the alpha-carbonic anhydrase family

Compartment

secreted

Expression

major consistuent of saliva

More general terms

• carbonic anhydrase (dehydratase)
• salivary protein
• secreted protein
• glycoprotein

Database

• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P23280.html
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:765
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/114780
• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=765