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Journal for Biophysical Chemistry

Table 1 Secondary structure (in %) of collagen type I from bovine origin and CDL (N = 5 for both collagen type I and CDL spectra)

From: Correlations Between the Biochemistry and Mechanical States of a Sea-Urchin Ligament: A Mutable Collagenous Structure

 

α-helix

β-sheets

β-turns

Triple helix

Unordered

Collagen type I

18 (±0.2)

31 (±1)

18 (±0.4)

17 (±1)

16 (±1)

CDL

15 (±2)

30 (±1)

19 (±0.8)

18 (±1.4)

18 (±2)