## Abstract The morphology and physicomechanical properties of two types of collagen membranes, one of which does not have telopeptides, were compared with small‐angle light scattering, rheo‐optical, dynamic mechanical, and dynamic rheo‐optical techniques. The presence of telopeptides in native col
Influence of the telopeptides on type I collagen fibrillogenesis
✍ Scribed by Maureen Brennan; Peter F. Davison
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 529 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3525
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Preparations have been made of acid‐soluble collagens whose telopeptides have suffered different levels of proteolytic attack. The collagens with more intact telopeptides form fibrils more rapidly than those with degraded telopeptides. In addition, we have shown that a high molecular weight aggregate rich in the carboxyterminal CNBr peptide, α1CB6, can be found in cyanogen bromide digests of fibrils formed from intact collagen. A similar aggregate is found in CNBr digests of native tendons. The aggregate formed in fibrils assembled in vitro can be stabilized by reduction, and its generation is strongly dependent on the presence of intact telopeptides. The latter point is the most objective evidence that to reproduce the characteristics of native fibrils in vitro, the collagen telopeptides must be preserved from proteolysis.
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