KORARCHAEOTA
\kˌɔːɹɑːkiːˈə͡ʊtə], \kˌɔːɹɑːkiːˈəʊtə], \k_ˌɔː_ɹ_ɑː_k_iː__ˈəʊ_t_ə]\
Sort: Oldest first
-
A kingdom in the domain ARCHAEA, comprising thermophilic organisms from the hot spring Obsidian Pool (Yellowstone National Park) that are among the most primitive of all life forms. They have undergone comparatively little evolutionary change since the last common ancestor of all extant life. (From ASM News, 1996; 62 (9):468-9)
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
Word of the day
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.