XYLONITE
\zˈa͡ɪlənˌa͡ɪt], \zˈaɪlənˌaɪt], \z_ˈaɪ_l_ə_n_ˌaɪ_t]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Thomas Davidson
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[Gr.] Celluloid or solidified gun-cotton. Used for making billiardballs, etc.
By Henry Percy Smith
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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.