Isoenzymes of carbonic anhydrase I from primate red blood cells

The electrophoretic patterns of the multiple forms of carbonic anhydrase I were examined from the red cells of two species of macaque monkeys and orangutan. In the rhesus macaque, Macaca mulatta, it was possible to generate both anodal and cathodal electrophoretic components when a single component was isolated and electrophoresed again. These findings suggest that the alternate forms of carbonic anhydrase I are conformational isoenzymes rather than the result of such processes as binding, deamination, and proteolytic action.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/33668/1/0000178.pd