HYDRATION STRUCTURE OF A COLLAGEN PEPTIDE
Crystal and Molecular Structure of a Collagen-Like Peptide at 1.9 A Resolution
(PRO-HYP-GLY)4 PRO-HYP-ALA (PRO-HYP-GLY)5
HYDROGEN BONDS BETWEEN PEPTIDE CHAINS FOLLOW THE RICH AND CRICK MODEL II FOR COLLAGEN. AT THE ALANINE SUBSTITUTION FOUR INTERSTITIAL WATER MOLECULES INTERCONNECT THE PEPTIDE CHAINS THROUGH GLY - H2O - PRO HYDROGEN-BONDED BRIDGES.
COLLAGEN, COLLAGEN HYDRATION, HYDROXYPROLINE, CONNECTIVE TISSUE, EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX