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SUBMITTER: Lu Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6557237 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lu Yanqin Y Zhang Shie S Wang Yanzhou Y Ren Xiuzhi X Han Jinxiang J
Intractable & rare diseases research 20190501 2
Type I collagen is an important structural protein of bone, skin, tendon, ligament and other connective tissues. It is initially synthesized as a precursor form, procollagen, consisting of two identical pro-α1(I) and one proα2(I) chains, encoded by <i>COL1A1</i> and <i>COL1A2</i>, respectively. The N- and C- terminal propeptides of procollagen are cleavage by N-proteinase and C-proteinase correspondingly, to form the central triple helix structure with Gly-X-Y repeat units. Mutations of <i>COL1A ...[more]