THOLUS
\θˈə͡ʊləs], \θˈəʊləs], \θ_ˈəʊ_l_ə_s]\
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In anc. arch. a name given to any round building which terminated at the top in a point: a dome or cupola: specifically, at Athens, the round chamber, or Rotunda, in which the Prytanes dined. "The Thirty Tyrants on one occasion summoned him, together with four others, to the Tholus, the place in which the Prytanes took their meals."-G. H. Lewes.
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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.