GLUME
\ɡlˈuːm], \ɡlˈuːm], \ɡ_l_ˈuː_m]\
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The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.
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The bracteal covering of the flowers or seeds of grain and grasses; esp., an outer husk or bract of a spikelt.
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By James Champlin Fernald
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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.