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What is the function of carbonic anhydrase?
To catalyze the interaction of carbon dioxide with water to form bicarbonate.
To catalyze the hydrolysis of peptide bond.
To transfer phosphate from ATP to other molecules.
To add water to the carbon-carbon double bonds.
To catalyze reactions in which two chemical groups are joined (or ligated) with the use of energy from ATP.
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