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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
Many collagen fibrils have been shown to be heterotypic, i.e. composed of more than one collagen type. Fibrils containing type I collagen as the major constituent do also contain, at least in some tissues, type III and type V collagens. Fibrils containing type II collagen have been shown to also contain type XI collagen. The type I, II, III, V and XI collagen molecules are very similar and are clearly derived from a single ancestral gene. However their processings are not identical. While collagen types I and II have a N-propeptide which is cleaved for their insertion in the fibrils, collagen types V and XI keep a N-terminal extension which must include, based on the cDNA derived structures, a short triple helix and a globular domain. They are thought to contribute to the control of fibril lateral growth and diameter. Other collagens are associated with fibrils without having the long triple uninterrupted triple helix characteristic of collagen types I, II, III, V and XI. Type IX collagen has been shown to be covalently cross-linked to type II collagen and to lay at or near the surface of fibrils, with a triple helical arm projecting in the extrafibrillar space a globular N-terminal domain. Type XII collagen is found in type I collagen containing matrices and contains a triple helical domain homologous to the type IX COL1 domain. This suggests a similar function.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0142-9612
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
28-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Fibril-associated collagens.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire d'Histologie Expérimentale, CNRS, URA 244, Claude Bernard University, Villeurbanne, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review