NORMAN MACLEOD
\nˈɔːmən məklˈa͡ʊd], \nˈɔːmən məklˈaʊd], \n_ˈɔː_m_ə_n m_ə_k_l_ˈaʊ_d]\
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A distinguished Scottish divine, and miscellaneous writer; born at Campbeltown, June 3, 1812; died at Glasgow, June 16, 1872. He founded the Evangelical Alliance in 1847; became chaplain to the Queen for Scotland in 1857; edited Good Words 1860-72, making it an educational and literary power. Among his works are: "The Earnest Student" (1854), a biography; "Parish Papers" (1862); "Wee Davie" (new ed. 1865); "The Starling" (1867, new eds. 1870-77-80), a Scotch story; "Peeps at the Far East" (1871); "Character Sketches" (1872); etc.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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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.