SARDONYX
\sˈɑːdənˌɪks], \sˈɑːdənˌɪks], \s_ˈɑː_d_ə_n_ˌɪ_k_s]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A reddish-yellow variety of chalcedony, said to have been found orig. at Sardis, in Asia Minor, and to be so called because its color resembles that of the flesh under the nail.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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.