Dorzolamide inhibits an enzyme that produces this ion to treat glaucoma.
Dorzolamide inhibits an enzyme that produces this ion to treat glaucoma. Band 3 proteins on red blood cells export this ion in exchange for a chloride. Centroacinar cells secrete a solution of this ion after stimulation by secretin from the duodenum. Its concentration is unnaturally low in patients with Kussmaul breathing. This anion is produced biologically by a very fast (*) zinc-containing enzyme. Renal compensation regulates the levels of this anion. This anion is present in excess in alkalosis, when its equilibrium is favored over the acid that forms when carbon dioxide dissolves in water. For 10 points, name this base formed by carbonic anhydrase, a major constituent of the blood's buffering system.
Dorzolamide inhibits an enzyme that produces this ion to treat glaucoma.
bicarbonate [or HCO3-; or bicarb; or hydrogen carbonate; do not accept or prompt on "carbonate" or "CO3 two minus"]