UNGUICULATE
\ʌnɡwˈɪkjʊlˌe͡ɪt], \ʌnɡwˈɪkjʊlˌeɪt], \ʌ_n_ɡ_w_ˈɪ_k_j_ʊ_l_ˌeɪ_t]\
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having or resembling claws or nails; "unguiculate animals"; "an unguiculate flower petal"
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a mammal having nails or claws
By Princeton University
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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.