Experimental confirmation of calculated phases and electron density profile for wet native collagen.
An experimental procedure is developed to phase the reflections obtained in x-ray diffraction investigations of collagen in native wet tendons. Phosphotungstic acid was used for isomorphous addition in phase determination and was located by electron microscopy. Structure factors (with phases) were obtained from the electron microscopy data for the heavy metal. Structure-factor magnitudes for collagen with and without the heavy metal were obtained from the x-ray diffraction data. The first 10 orders were investigated. Standard Argand diagrams provided two solutions for each of these, except the weak sixth order. In each case, one of the two possible solutions agrees well with the phases proposed on theoretical grounds by Hulmes et al. The present results suggest that their other proposed phases are probably correct. An electron density profile along the unit cell of the fibril is presented that shows a distinct step, as expected on the basis of the hole-overlap model. The overlap region is 48% of the length of the unit cell.
D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen; D004372:Ducks; D008433:Mathematics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011487:Protein Conformation; D013710:Tendons / Q000032:analysis; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
D003094:Collagen
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