GRANIFEROUS
\ɡɹanˈɪfəɹəs], \ɡɹanˈɪfəɹəs], \ɡ_ɹ_a_n_ˈɪ_f_ə_ɹ_ə_s]\
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gran-if'[.e]r-us, adj. bearing seeds like grain.--adjs. GRAN'IFORM, formed or shaped like a grain or seed; GRANIV'OROUS, eating grain: feeding on seeds. [L. granum, grain, ferre, to carry, forma, form, vor[=a]re, to devour.]
By Thomas Davidson
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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.