OILLET
\ˈɔ͡ɪlɪt], \ˈɔɪlɪt], \ˈɔɪ_l_ɪ_t]\
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A small opening or loophole, sometimes circular, used in mediaeval fortifications.
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A small circular opening, and ring of moldings surrounding it, used in window tracery in Gothic architecture.
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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.