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Article Dans Une Revue BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY Année : 2013

Carbonic anhydrases in anthozoan corals-A review

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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.

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Océanographie

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hal-03502638 , version 1 (26-12-2021)

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Anthony Bertucci, Aurelie Moya, Sylvie Tambutte, Denis Allemand, Claudiu T. Supuran, et al.. Carbonic anhydrases in anthozoan corals-A review. BIOORGANIC & MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY, 2013, 21 (6), pp.1437-1450. ⟨10.1016/j.bmc.2012.10.024⟩. ⟨hal-03502638⟩
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