WINKLE
\wˈɪŋkə͡l], \wˈɪŋkəl], \w_ˈɪ_ŋ_k_əl]\
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gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
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remove or displace from a position
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emit or reflect light in a flickering manner; "Does a constellation twinkle more brightly than a single star?"
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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.