CHARLTON THOMAS LEWIS
\t͡ʃˈɑːltən tˈɒməs lˈuːiz], \tʃˈɑːltən tˈɒməs lˈuːiz], \tʃ_ˈɑː_l_t_ə_n t_ˈɒ_m_ə_s l_ˈuː_i_z]\
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An American scholar, journalist, and lawyer; born at West Chester, Pa., in 1834. He was professor of mathematics and subsequently of Greek at Troy University (1859-62), revenue commissioner at Washington, D. C., and latterly has practiced law in New York. He wrote a "History of Germany", founded on D. Muller's work, and collaborated with Charles Short in the preparation of "Harper's Latin Dictionary" (1879), etc. Died Morristown, N.J., May 26, 1904.
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.