Collagen chain trimerization

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R-HSA-8948216
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Homo sapiens
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The C-propeptides of collagen propeptide chains are essential for the association of three peptide chains into a trimeric but non-helical procollagen. This initial binding event determines the composition of the trimer, brings the individual chains into the correct register and initiates formation of the triple helix at the C-terminus, which then proceeds towards the N-terminus in a zipper-like fashion (Engel & Prockop 1991). Most early refolding studies were performed with collagen type III, which contains a disulfide linkage at the C-terminus of its triple helix (Bächinger et al. 1978, Bruckner et al. 1978) that acts as a permanent linker even after removal of the non-collagenous domains.

Mutations within the C-propeptides further suggest that they are crucial for the correct interaction of the three polypeptide chains and for subsequent correct folding (refs. in Boudko et al. 2011).
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PubMed ID Title Journal Year
710450 The role of cis-trans isomerization of peptide bonds in the coil leads to and comes from triple helix conversion of collagen

Timpl, R, Brückner, P, Engel, J, Bächinger, HP

Eur J Biochem 1978
171650 Interchain disulfide bonds in procollagen are located in a large nontriple-helical COOH-terminal domain

Byers, PH, Bornstein, P, Click, EM, Harper, E

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1975
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