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The <scene name='Collagen/1cag_surface/4'>surface</scene> of the tropocollagen is shown with the Ala appearing as olive and the Pro and Hyp adjacent to the Ala appearing as dark brown. Notice that the surface at these Pro and Hyp bulges slightly. This protrusion is due to the fact that the packing about the Ala side chains is not as close as it is about the Gly. In the two side-by-side scenes shown below compare the amount of open space between the chains in the area of the scene center. In the [[1cag]] scene in the area of the Ala the distance between the chains is slightly greater than that of [[4clg]] scene. | The <scene name='Collagen/1cag_surface/4'>surface</scene> of the tropocollagen is shown with the Ala appearing as olive and the Pro and Hyp adjacent to the Ala appearing as dark brown. Notice that the surface at these Pro and Hyp bulges slightly. This protrusion is due to the fact that the packing about the Ala side chains is not as close as it is about the Gly. In the two side-by-side scenes shown below compare the amount of open space between the chains in the area of the scene center. In the [[1cag]] scene in the area of the Ala the distance between the chains is slightly greater than that of [[4clg]] scene. | ||
==3D structures of collagen== | |||
[[Collagen 3D structures]] | |||
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In order to convince yourself that there is a difference in the interchain distances in the area of the Ala, <scene name='Collagen/1cag_measurements/2'>show distances</scene> between Gly (Ala) and Pro which form intratropocollagen hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonds are not formed between Ala and Pro because the distances between the atoms forming the bonds are too great. The absence of the intratropocollagen hydrogen bonds, which is due to replacing Gly with a residue having a longer side chain, disrupts collagen's rope-like structure and is responsible for the symptoms of such human diseases as osteogenesis imperfecta and certain Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. | In order to convince yourself that there is a difference in the interchain distances in the area of the Ala, <scene name='Collagen/1cag_measurements/2'>show distances</scene> between Gly (Ala) and Pro which form intratropocollagen hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen bonds are not formed between Ala and Pro because the distances between the atoms forming the bonds are too great. The absence of the intratropocollagen hydrogen bonds, which is due to replacing Gly with a residue having a longer side chain, disrupts collagen's rope-like structure and is responsible for the symptoms of such human diseases as osteogenesis imperfecta and certain Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. | ||
==References== | ==References== |