SEQUOIA
\sˈɛkwɔ͡ɪə], \sˈɛkwɔɪə], \s_ˈɛ_k_w_ɔɪ_ə]\
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A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the big tree of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.