The Tale of Carbonic Anhydrase

The Tale of Carbonic Anhydrase

In a divey bar(spelling says it all) where we set out scene, we find Sodium working the corner. For Sodium is the gigolo of the cations and is forever going in and out of random cells.

Carbon Dioxide is a well renowned uni-cyclist, I am sure all are aware.

Now, H2O and CO2 walk into a bar. Heh...heh...heh...

H2O is getting jealous because she has crazy eyes for CO2's bad boy uni-cycle skilzzzzzz. Histidine (sigh), the bouncer, is relegated to restraining H2O to keep the peace.

H2O is, however, a whiley little lass. With little effort on her own part, she escapes! In the struggle Histidine accidentally broke off one of H2O's proton pigtails. OH NO!

Poor Histidine has no idea what to do with the casualty of H2O's war of love.

Most people do not know this bit of adventure I am about to share with you. Even weird chemists are unaware. When H2O loses a proton pigtail, bitch gets scrappy. It is kind of like going Super Saiyan but with less hair product.

H2O becomes so scrappy, in fact, that she gets a whole new moniker:

Hydroxide (A.K.A Hyd-Roxie)!

If we are being honest, and what else would be be, Hyd-Roxie is trashy, too. She will make out with anything positive. If nothing positive is around, she will make something!

Like so:

In the carnage, CO2 loses a leg and is stuck to crazy, scrappy Hyd-Roxie! Poor guy!

Histidine, still left with the proton pigtail finds a happy home for the appendage by wedging it into the wheel of the once great uni-cyclist, CO2.