The Madras Group and the structure of collagen

Sasisekharan, V. ; Yathindra, N. (1999) The Madras Group and the structure of collagen Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences - Chemical Sciences, 111 (1). pp. 5-12. ISSN 0253-4134

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Abstract

The genesis of the collagen structure proposed by the Madras Group is briefly outlined. Recent crystal structure data on collagen-like peptides vindicate (i) the original proposal of Ramachandran and Kartha, namely, that the structure of collagen is a triple helical coiled-coil one, and (ii) the visualisation of the maximisation of hydrogen bonds directly or indirectly with water molecules, including Cα-H...O hydrogen bonds.

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Keywords:Collagen; Madras Group; Coiled-coil Triple Helex
ID Code:49582
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