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Carbonic anhydrases in anthozoan corals-A review
- Source :
- BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 2013, 21 (6), pp.1437-1450. ⟨10.1016/j.bmc.2012.10.024⟩
- Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse and economically important ecosystems on the planet. The deposition of massive calcium carbonate skeletons (biomineralization or calcification) by scleractinian corals forms the coral reef framework/architecture that serves as habitat for a large diversity of organisms. This process would not be possible without the intimate symbiosis between corals and photosynthetic dinoflagellates, commonly called zooxanthellae. Carbonic anhydrases play major roles in those two essential processes of coral's physiology: they are involved in the carbon supply for calcium carbonate precipitation as well as in carbon-concentrating mechanisms for symbiont photosynthesis. Here, we review the current understanding of diversity and function of carbonic anhydrases in corals and discuss the perspective of theses enzymes as a key to understanding impacts of environmental changes on coral reefs. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Coral
Clinical Biochemistry
Pharmaceutical Science
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Biochemistry
Calcium Carbonate
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
Symbiosis
Anthozoa
Drug Discovery
Botany
Animals
Humans
Ecosystem
14. Life underwater
Photosynthesis
Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors
Molecular Biology
[SDU.STU.OC]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Earth Sciences/Oceanography
Phylogeny
030304 developmental biology
Carbonic Anhydrases
0303 health sciences
geography
geography.geographical_feature_category
biology
Ecology
Organic Chemistry
Coral reef
15. Life on land
biology.organism_classification
Mitochondria
Isoenzymes
Calcium carbonate
chemistry
Zooxanthellae
Molecular Medicine
Biomineralization
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14643391
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Bioorganicmedicinal chemistry
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1b80febb0f5975345c9f8ee61502f9d4