MONOETHYLENE GLYCOL
\mˌɒnə͡ʊˈɛθɪlˌiːn ɡlˈa͡ɪkɒl], \mˌɒnəʊˈɛθɪlˌiːn ɡlˈaɪkɒl], \m_ˌɒ_n_əʊ_ˈɛ_θ_ɪ_l_ˌiː_n ɡ_l_ˈaɪ_k_ɒ_l]\
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A colorless, odorless, viscous dihydroxy alcohol. It has a sweet taste, but is poisonous if ingested. Ethylene glycol is the most important glycol commercially available and is manufactured on a large scale in the United States. It is used as an antifreeze and coolant, in hydraulic fluids, and in the manufacture of low-freezing dynamites and resins.
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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.