MADREPORITE
\mˈadɹɪpˌɔːɹa͡ɪt], \mˈadɹɪpˌɔːɹaɪt], \m_ˈa_d_ɹ_ɪ_p_ˌɔː_ɹ_aɪ_t]\
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By Noah Webster.
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A flat circular or pentagonal perforated plate marked by grooves, lying at the end of an interambulacral area in many, or free between two ambulacral areas in other Echinoids, or between the rays in the Asteroids; a modified genital plate.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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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.