Scale and bone type I collagens of carp (Cyprinus carpio).
1. Soluble Type I collagens were isolated from the scale and bone (skull) of lathyritic carp. Each tissue collagen was assumed to consist of two different molecular forms, (alpha 1)2 alpha 2 as a main component and alpha 1 alpha 2 alpha 3 as a minor one. 2. The possible coexistence of these two forms in soluble Type I collagen of carp was previously observed for skin and muscle, but not for the swim bladder in which only the form of (alpha 1)2 alpha 2 was found. 3. These composite results suggest the wide distribution of alpha 1 alpha 2 alpha 3 heterotrimers in collagenous tissues of carp.
Kimura
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Laboratory of Food Biochemistry, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan.
Miyauchi
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Y
Uchida
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N
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry*; D002347:Carps; D002852:Chromatography, Ion Exchange; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009928:Organ Specificity; D012867:Skin / Q000737:chemistry*
D000596:Amino Acids; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D003094:Collagen