期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:1976
卷号:73
期号:12
页码:4304-4308
DOI:10.1073/pnas.73.12.4304
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Type I procollagen secreted by matrix-free cells from chick embryo tendons was purified by DEAE-cellulose chromatography. Electron microscopy of segment-long-spacing aggregates of the procollagen demonstrated the presence of both NH2-terminal and COOH-terminal extensions not found in collagen. The procollagen was digested with bacterial collagenase and the COOH-terminal fragments were isolated by gel filtration and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate. Analysis of tryptic peptides demonstrated that the COOH-terminal extensions on the pro alpha 1 and pro alpha 2 chains had different primary structures.