Enzyme essential for transport of $C O_{2}$ as bicarbonate in blood is?

Carboxypeptidase

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Succinic dehydrogenase

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Carbonic anhydrase

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Thrombokinase

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Lactase

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Solution

The correct option is C Carbonic anhydrase
An enzyme present in red blood cells, carbonic anhydrase, aids in the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbonic acid and bicarbonate ions. When red blood cells reach the lungs, the same enzyme helps to convert the bicarbonate ions back to carbon dioxide, which we breathe out.
Hence, the correct answer (C)

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Assertion (A) $C O_{2}$ transport occurs very fast through RBCs.
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