Bovine dental pulp collagens: characterization of types III and V collagen
M Tsuzaki1, M Yamauchi, G L Mechanic
1CB No. 7455 Dental Research Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 27599-7455.
Abstract:
Pulp was essentially solubilized by partial pepsin digestion. The various genetic types of collagens were isolated by differential salt precipitation and extraction. Types I, III and V collagen represented 56, 41 and 2% of the total collagen, respectively. The type V collagen comprised two different molecular species consisting of [alpha 1(V)]2 alpha 2(V) and alpha 1(V) alpha 2(V) alpha 3(V), the ratio of which was approx. 1:1.3. The major portion of the type III collagen was present as a high molecular weight aggregate which released alpha 1(III) chains upon reduction with 2-mercaptoethanol.
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