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SUBMITTER: Alvarez BV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1176462 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alvarez Bernardo V BV Vilas Gonzalo L GL Casey Joseph R JR
The EMBO journal 20050630 14
Carbonic anhydrases (CA) catalyze the reversible conversion of CO2 to HCO3-. Some bicarbonate transporters bind CA, forming a complex called a transport metabolon, to maximize the coupled catalytic/transport flux. SLC26A6, a plasma membrane Cl-/HCO3- exchanger with a suggested role in pancreatic HCO3- secretion, was found to bind the cytoplasmic enzyme CAII. Mutation of the identified CAII binding (CAB) site greatly reduced SLC26A6 activity, demonstrating the importance of the interaction. Regul ...[more]