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==HYDRATION STRUCTURE OF A COLLAGEN PEPTIDE==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[1cgd]] is a 3 chain structure. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=1CGD OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1CGD FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">X-ray diffraction, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 1.85&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=ACY:ACETIC+ACID'>ACY</scene>, <scene name='pdbligand=HYP:4-HYDROXYPROLINE'>HYP</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=1cgd FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=1cgd OCA], [https://pdbe.org/1cgd PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=1cgd RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/1cgd PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=1cgd ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
BACKGROUND: The collagen triple helix is a unique protein motif defined by the supercoiling of three polypeptide chains in a polyproline II conformation. It is a major domain of all collagen proteins and is also reported to exist in proteins with host defense function and in several membrane proteins. The triple-helical domain has distinctive properties. Collagen requires a high proportion of the post-translationally modified imino acid 4-hydroxyproline and water to stabilize its conformation and assembly. The crystal structure of a collagen-like peptide determined to 1.85 Angstrum showed that these two features may be related. RESULTS: A detailed analysis of the hydration structure of the collagen-like peptide is presented. The water molecules around the carbonyl and hydroxyprolyl groups show distinctive geometries. There are repetitive patterns of water bridges that link oxygen atoms within a single peptide chain, between different chains and between different triple helices. Overall, the water molecules are organized in a semi-clathrate-like structure that surrounds and interconnects triple helices in the crystal lattice. Hydroxyprolyl groups play a crucial role in the assembly. CONCLUSIONS: The roles of hydroxyproline and hydration are strongly interrelated in the structure of the collagen triple helix. The specific, repetitive water bridges observed in this structure buttress the triple-helical conformation. The extensively ordered hydration structure offers a good model for the interpretation of the experimental results on collagen stability and assembly.

Hydration structure of a collagen peptide.,Bella J, Brodsky B, Berman HM Structure. 1995 Sep 15;3(9):893-906. PMID:8535783<ref>PMID:8535783</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Bella J]]
[[Category: Berman HM]]
[[Category: Brodsky B]]