SILURIDAE
\sˈɪlʊ͡əɹˌɪdiː], \sˈɪlʊəɹˌɪdiː], \s_ˈɪ_l_ʊə_ɹ_ˌɪ_d_iː]\
Definitions of SILURIDAE
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[L.] (Ichth.) Fam. of fish divided into eight sub-fams. and seventeen groups; fresh and salt water, without scales, and with barbules; as the sheat-fish, or sly silurus. Temperate and tropical rivers and coasts. Ord. Physostomi, sub-class Teleostei.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.