title: Collagen glycopeptides from the sea cucumber Stichopus japonicus.
abstract: Structures of several hydroxylysine-containing glycopeptides derived from the body wall of the sea cucumber have been determined. The glycosylated hydroxylysines were all the Y positions of Gly-X-Y triplets. They are thought to be distributed throughout the peptide chain, in contrast to vertebrate skin collagens. One glycopeptide demonstrated the existence of the sequence Gly-Gly-Hyp in invertebrates for the first time.
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen; D004447:Echinodermata / Q000032:analysis*; D006020:Glycopeptides / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D006020:Glycopeptides; D003094:Collagen