PRIMARY COLOUR
\pɹˈa͡ɪməɹi kˈʌlə], \pɹˈaɪməɹi kˈʌlə], \p_ɹ_ˈaɪ_m_ə_ɹ_i k_ˈʌ_l_ə]\
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[L.] One of the three primary colour-sensations, viz. red, green, or violet. The popular notion that the primary colours are red, yellow, and blue, is erroneous as to mixtures of light, though it has a certain approximate truth with regard to pigments.
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.