PILUS
\pˈɪləs], \pˈɪləs], \p_ˈɪ_l_ə_s]\
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any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
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.