Proline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen

Abstract Fibrillar collagens have mechanical and biological roles, providing tissues with both tensile strength and cell binding sites which allow molecular interactions with cell-surface receptors such as integrins. A key question is: how do collagens allow tissue flexibility whilst maintaining wel...

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Autores principales: Wing Ying Chow, Chris J. Forman, Dominique Bihan, Anna M. Puszkarska, Rakesh Rajan, David G. Reid, David A. Slatter, Lucy J. Colwell, David J. Wales, Richard W. Farndale, Melinda J. Duer
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:eb22423885e3428eb990590955b046862021-12-02T15:08:41ZProline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen10.1038/s41598-018-31937-x2045-2322https://doaj.org/article/eb22423885e3428eb990590955b046862018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31937-xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Fibrillar collagens have mechanical and biological roles, providing tissues with both tensile strength and cell binding sites which allow molecular interactions with cell-surface receptors such as integrins. A key question is: how do collagens allow tissue flexibility whilst maintaining well-defined ligand binding sites? Here we show that proline residues in collagen glycine-proline-hydroxyproline (Gly-Pro-Hyp) triplets provide local conformational flexibility, which in turn confers well-defined, low energy molecular compression-extension and bending, by employing two-dimensional 13C-13C correlation NMR spectroscopy on 13C-labelled intact ex vivo bone and in vitro osteoblast extracellular matrix. We also find that the positions of Gly-Pro-Hyp triplets are highly conserved between animal species, and are spatially clustered in the currently-accepted model of molecular ordering in collagen type I fibrils. We propose that the Gly-Pro-Hyp triplets in fibrillar collagens provide fibril “expansion joints” to maintain molecular ordering within the fibril, thereby preserving the structural integrity of ligand binding sites.Wing Ying ChowChris J. FormanDominique BihanAnna M. PuszkarskaRakesh RajanDavid G. ReidDavid A. SlatterLucy J. ColwellDavid J. WalesRichard W. FarndaleMelinda J. DuerNature Portfolioarticle13Cγ Chemical ShiftsProline RingCollagen Model PeptidesCollagen Triple HelixBackbone DihedralsMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2018)
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topic 13Cγ Chemical Shifts
Proline Ring
Collagen Model Peptides
Collagen Triple Helix
Backbone Dihedrals
Medicine
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Science
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spellingShingle 13Cγ Chemical Shifts
Proline Ring
Collagen Model Peptides
Collagen Triple Helix
Backbone Dihedrals
Medicine
R
Science
Q
Wing Ying Chow
Chris J. Forman
Dominique Bihan
Anna M. Puszkarska
Rakesh Rajan
David G. Reid
David A. Slatter
Lucy J. Colwell
David J. Wales
Richard W. Farndale
Melinda J. Duer
Proline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen
description Abstract Fibrillar collagens have mechanical and biological roles, providing tissues with both tensile strength and cell binding sites which allow molecular interactions with cell-surface receptors such as integrins. A key question is: how do collagens allow tissue flexibility whilst maintaining well-defined ligand binding sites? Here we show that proline residues in collagen glycine-proline-hydroxyproline (Gly-Pro-Hyp) triplets provide local conformational flexibility, which in turn confers well-defined, low energy molecular compression-extension and bending, by employing two-dimensional 13C-13C correlation NMR spectroscopy on 13C-labelled intact ex vivo bone and in vitro osteoblast extracellular matrix. We also find that the positions of Gly-Pro-Hyp triplets are highly conserved between animal species, and are spatially clustered in the currently-accepted model of molecular ordering in collagen type I fibrils. We propose that the Gly-Pro-Hyp triplets in fibrillar collagens provide fibril “expansion joints” to maintain molecular ordering within the fibril, thereby preserving the structural integrity of ligand binding sites.
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author Wing Ying Chow
Chris J. Forman
Dominique Bihan
Anna M. Puszkarska
Rakesh Rajan
David G. Reid
David A. Slatter
Lucy J. Colwell
David J. Wales
Richard W. Farndale
Melinda J. Duer
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Chris J. Forman
Dominique Bihan
Anna M. Puszkarska
Rakesh Rajan
David G. Reid
David A. Slatter
Lucy J. Colwell
David J. Wales
Richard W. Farndale
Melinda J. Duer
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title Proline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen
title_short Proline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen
title_full Proline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen
title_fullStr Proline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen
title_full_unstemmed Proline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen
title_sort proline provides site-specific flexibility for in vivo collagen
publisher Nature Portfolio
publishDate 2018
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