OBOLUS
\ˈɒbɒləs], \ˈɒbɒləs], \ˈɒ_b_ɒ_l_ə_s]\
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By Noah Webster.
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In ancient Greece, a small silver coin, worth about three cents; also a weight, the sixth part of a drachma.
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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.