WHOOPER
\wˈuːpə], \wˈuːpə], \w_ˈuː_p_ə]\
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common Old World swan noted for its whooping call
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rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
By Princeton University
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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.