COMPULSIVE ACT
\kəmpˈʌlsɪv ˈakt], \kəmpˈʌlsɪv ˈakt], \k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_l_s_ɪ_v ˈa_k_t]\
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The a. of a person in consequence of an imperative or compulsive, usually unconscious, impulse. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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.