CATION
\kˈata͡ɪən], \kˈataɪən], \k_ˈa_t_aɪ_ə_n]\
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By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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In electrolysis, an electropositive element or radicle, one that tends to accumulate at the negative pole. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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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.