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\hwˈɑːn ɹuːˈiːz], \hwˈɑːn ɹuːˈiːz], \h_w_ˈɑː_n ɹ_uː_ˈiː_z]\
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A Spanish poet of the fourteenth century, known as Archpriest of Hita; born at Alcala or Guadalajara, in 1300; died about 1351. He is the most original of mediaeval Spanish poets, and has left a poem on love and women, which, while purporting to treat of morality and the follies of earthly love, is in reality a text-book for the man who wishes to become a successful lover. He quotes from Ovid's "Art of Love", gives translations from the apologues of Latin and French fabulists, and relates his own experience as well. It is mingled rather incongruously with censures of the capital sins, and with philosophic maxims and verses on the Passion, ending with high praise of the Virgin Mary. It is interspersed with songs, the best of which are the "Song of Scholars" and "Song of the Blind".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.