HECTO
\hˈɛktə͡ʊ], \hˈɛktəʊ], \h_ˈɛ_k_t_əʊ]\
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in comb. =Greek hekaton hundred, as: -graph, apparatus for multiplying copies; (Metric system) -gram (me), weight of 100 grammes (352 oz.), -litre, -liter, (-leter), 100 litres (3531 cub. ft), -metre, -meter, 100 metres (328089 ft).
By Sir Augustus Henry
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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.