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hydroxylase
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hydroxylase [hī′dräk·sə‚lās]
(biochemistry)
Any of several enzymes that catalyze certain hydroxylation reactions involving atomic oxygen.


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The intermediate product or organic acids can also be oxidized through hydroxylation and hydration, finally forming carbon dioxide.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This conversion process involves the hydroxylation of proline at certain points in the polypeptide chains, converting it to hydroxyproline, and thus "securing" the chains in collagen's triple helix arrangement.
Natural polyols can be obtained by chemical modification of the vegetable oils introducing hydroxyl groups in an unsaturated triglyceride by hydroxylation of carbon-carbon double bonds and/or by alcoholysis of the triglyceride to obtain mainly a monoglyceride (2), (3).
 
 
 
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