Fractionation of pepsin-digested, denatured collagen. III. Characterization of the small fragments.
The survey of the fragments obtained from pepsin-digested, denatured rat tail tendon collagen is completed. Three additional fragments could be renatured and two of them (490 A and 670 A) were located in tropocollagen by electron microscopy. Data are given on the amino acid compositions of the various fractions. Certain fragments probably originated from the associated non-collagenous material belonging to the "acidic structural proteins".
Pikkarainen
J
J
Department of Medical Chemistry, University of Turku, Turku 52, Finland.
Lampiaho
K
K
Kulonen
E
E
D000596:Amino Acids / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D003094:Collagen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D010434:Pepsin A; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011489:Protein Denaturation; D051381:Rats
D000596:Amino Acids; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D003094:Collagen; D010434:Pepsin A