Lecture 24: Protein Structure: Collagen

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Nathan S. Winter, St. Cloud State UniversityFollow

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Presentation

Publication Date

3-1-2016

Abstract

This lecture in biochemistry has main topics: the collagen helix (a form of secondary structure) and the structure of the collagen protein. The post-translational modification of collagen by proyl hydroxylase will be also discussed along the molecular importance of Vitamin C, ascorbic acid, to maintain strong collagen and to prevent scurvy.

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Winter, Nathan S., "Lecture 24: Protein Structure: Collagen" (2016). Lectures in Chemistry. 26.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/chem_lect/26

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