Carbonic Anhydrase Role in CO₂ Transport — NEET Biology
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RBCs contain a very high concentration of the enzyme, carbonic anhydrase and minute quantities of the same is present in the plasma too. This enzyme facilitates the following reaction in both directions.
🖼️Related NCERT figure: Chemical reaction diagram showing CO₂ + H₂O converting to H₂CO₃ then to HCO₃⁻ + H⁺, with carbonic anhydrase enzyme catalyzing both forward and reverse reactions
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Assertion (A): 70% of CO₂ is carried as bicarbonate in plasma. Reason (R): Carbonic anhydrase is only present in plasma.
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