ARISTIDES
\ˈaɹɪstˌa͡ɪdz], \ˈaɹɪstˌaɪdz], \ˈa_ɹ_ɪ_s_t_ˌaɪ_d_z]\
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A Greek writer who lived in the 2d century B.C. He was the father of Greek prose romance. He wrote a series of love stories in six or more books, entitled "Milesiaca" (Milesian Tales), from the place in which their scene was laid.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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.