Tropocollagen

The molecular unit of collagen fibrils that consist of repeating three-stranded polypeptide units arranged head to tail in parallel bundles. It is a right-handed triple helix composed of 2 polypeptide chains. It is rich in glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and hydroxylysine.

Year introduced: 1972

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Tree Number(s): D12.776.860.300.250.700

MeSH Unique ID: D014332

Previous Indexing:

• Collagen (1966-1971)

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Chemicals and Drugs Category
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Proteins
Scleroproteins
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
Collagen
Tropocollagen