期刊
STRUCTURE
卷 9, 期 11, 页码 1061-1069出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-2126(01)00669-4
关键词
collagen; extracellular matrix; structure; X-ray diffraction; packing; fibril
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [RR-08630] Funding Source: Medline
Background: The proteins belonging to the collagen family are ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom. The most abundant collagen, type 1, readily forms fibrils that convey the principal mechanical support and structural organization in the extracellular matrix of connective tissues such as bone, skin, tendon, and vasculature. An understanding of the molecular arrangement of collagen in fibrils is essential since it relates molecular interactions to the mechanical strength of fibrous tissues and may reveal the underlying molecular pathology of numerous connective tissue diseases. Results: Using synchrotron radiation, we have conducted a study of the native fibril structure at anisotropic resolution (5.4 Angstrom axial and 10 Angstrom lateral). The intensities of the tendon X-ray diffraction pattern that arise from the lateral packing (three-dimensional arrangement) of collagen molecules were measured by using a method analogous to Rietveld methods in powder crystallography and to the separation of closely spaced peaks In Laue diffraction patterns. These were then used to determine the packing structure of collagen by MIR. Conclusions: Our electron density map is the first obtained from a natural fiber using these techniques (more commonly applied to single crystal crystallography). It reveals the three-dimensional molecular packing arrangement of type I Collagen and conclusively proves that the molecules are arranged on a quasihexagonal lattice. The molecular segments that contain the telopeptides (central to the function of collagen fibrils in health and disease) have been identified, revealing that they form a corrugated arrangement of crosslinked molecules that strengthen and stabilize the native fibril.
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