title: Bone type V collagen: chain composition and location of a trypsin cleavage site.
abstract: The component alpha-chains of type V collagen from bovine bone were isolated and structurally characterized by gel electrophoresis, high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and amino acid sequence analysis. Three distinct alpha-chains were identified. Two of these were the well described alpha 1 (V) and alpha 2 (V) chains; the third proved to be identical to the cartilage alpha 1 (XI) chain. In adult bone the ratio between the three chains was about 1:1:1. Native type V collagen was cleaved by trypsin at 33 degrees C or 37 degrees C into 3/5 fragments. Aminoterminal sequence analysis of the alpha 1 (V) and alpha 1 (XI) fragments showed they both resulted from trypsin cleavage between residue 434 and 435. Trypsin apparently cleaves the type V molecule within a relatively unstable domain of the triple helix which presumably may also be a natural site of initial cleavage by a protease in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Niyibizi
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Eyre
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003094:Collagen / Q000032:analysis*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D014357:Trypsin / Q000032:analysis / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D003094:Collagen; D014357:Trypsin