Movement of CO₂
About the Lecture
The lecture Movement of CO₂ by Kevin Ahern, PhD is from the course Amino Acid Metabolism.
Included Quiz Questions
Which enzyme helps in the conversion of CO2 to carbonic acid during its transportation from tissues to the lungs?
- Carbonic anhydrase
- Carbonic hydrase
- Carbonic decarboxylase
- Carbonic lyase
- Carbonic ligase
Which of the following statements is not true?
- Carbon dioxide competes with oxygen to bind to the heme unit of the hemoglobin.
- The binding of CO2 to the hemoglobin leads to a structural change in the hemoglobin and causes the release of O2 from the heme group.
- The majority of transported CO2, to the lungs, is in the form of bicarbonate.
- Carbon monoxide competes with oxygen to bind with the Fe atom of the heme group in hemoglobin.
- A histidine entity present above the heme group in the hemoglobin favors the binding of oxygen over CO.
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Author of lecture Movement of CO₂
Kevin Ahern, PhD
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