PITCH-DARK
\pˈɪt͡ʃdˈɑːk], \pˈɪtʃdˈɑːk], \p_ˈɪ_tʃ_d_ˈɑː_k]\
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extremely dark; "a black moonless night"; "through the pitch-black woods"; "it was pitch-dark in the celler"
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.