Collagen

• most abundant protein of mammals

• skin, bone, tendon, cartilage, and teeth

• Great tensile strength

• 3 helical polypeptides nearly 1000 residues long

• repeated (...glycine-x-x-glycine-x-xÖ) amino acid sequence

• Often Glycine-proline-hydroxyproline

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