CARBONIC
\kɑːbˈɒnɪk], \kɑːbˈɒnɪk], \k_ɑː_b_ˈɒ_n_ɪ_k]\
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Relating to carbon. CARBONIC ACID is an acid formed of carbon and oxygen, generally gaseous, and evolved by respiration and combustion.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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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.