The enzyme carbonic anhydrase is a protein that binds to two small molecules: water and carbon dioxide. By holding the two molec
ules in the proper position, the enzyme allows the two molecules to react to form a product, carbonic acid. The enzyme then releases the product and becomes available to catalyze the same reaction once again. How does carbonic anhydrase change the reaction between carbon dioxide and water?
Chemical groups on the surface of the enzyme reduce the reaction's ... 100,000 carbon dioxide and water molecules into carbonic acid every second but ... What fraction of energy available in the chemical bonds of glucose actually ... The resulting three carbon molecule, lactic acid, builds up as a waste product inside cells.
