MALTESE
\mˈɒltiːz], \mˈɒltiːz], \m_ˈɒ_l_t_iː_z]\
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By Princeton University
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Relating to Malta, an island in the Mediterranean, or to its inhabitants; Maltese cat, a kind of tame cat with soft gray fur; Maltese cross, a cross with four arms of equal length, widening at the ends.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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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.