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carbonic anhydrase

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carbonic anhydrase
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biochemistry) an enzyme in blood cells that catalyses the decomposition of carbonic acid into carbon dioxide and water, facilitating the transport of carbon dioxide from the tissues to the lungs
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16 Science that tasting fizz begins with the enzyme carbonic anhydrase 4.
Taste cells for sour also go for fizz: protein splits C[O.sub.2], ... by Ehrenberg, Rachel / Science News
He also specifically identified an enzyme called carbonic anhydrase 4 in the detection of the gas, reports the Independent.
Human tongue can taste "flavour" of carbon dioxide in fizzy drinks by Asian News International
A team headed by Charles Zuker, a neuroscientist at Columbia University, found that a class of taste-receptor cells in the tongue respond to carbon dioxide, the gas that gives drinks their fizz, and identified an enzyme called carbonic anhydrase 4 in CO perception.
It's a matter of taste by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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