Human collagen
PDB ID: 1BKVCollagen is a structural protein in connective tissue. It is composed of three protein strands that wind together into a distinctive triple helix. This structure shows a small segment of human collagen.
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Discussed Structures from Collagen
idealized collagen
human collagen
Reference
PDB ID: 1BKV
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Kramer, R.Z., Bella, J., Mayville, P., Brodsky, B., Berman, H.M. (1999) Sequence dependent conformational variations of collagen triple-helical structure. Nat Struct Biol 6: 454-7

