Carbonic anhydrases (CA) are zinc enzymes present in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. They efficiently catalyze the reversible hydration of CO2 to bicarbonate. Carbonic Anhydrase (CA) Activity Assay Kit (ab284550 - K472) can be used to measure CA activity in biological samples like serum and hemolysates. The assay utilizes the esterase activity of an active CA on an ester substrate which releases a chromophore. The released product can be easily quantified using an absorbance microplate reader. In the presence of a CA specific inhibitor, the enzyme loses its activity which results in a decrease of absorbance.
This assay kit (ab284550 - K472) is simple and can be used to measure CA activity in biological samples like hemolysate, serum and purified CA activity, CA activity in biological samples like hemolysate and serum in a high-throughput format.
This product is manufactured by BioVision, an Abcam company and was previously called K472 Carbonic Anhydrase (CA) Activity Assay Kit (Colorimetric). K472-100 is the same size as the 100 test size of ab284550.
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