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  • Title: Amino-terminal location of pyridinoline in dentin collagen.
    Author: Kuboki Y, Okuguchi M, Takita H, Kimura M, Tsuzaki M, Takakura A, Tsunazawa S, Sakiyama F, Hirano H.
    Journal: Connect Tissue Res; 1993; 29(2):99-110. PubMed ID: 8403899.
    Abstract:
    Cross-linking is believed to be one of the major factors that characterize the calcifiability of dentin and bone collagens. Dehydro-dihydroxylysinonorleucine and pyridinoline which constitute the principal cross-links of dentin collagen have so far been located only in the carboxy terminal telopeptide of the molecules [alpha 1(I)-chain 87 x alpha 1(I)-chain 16C]. This situation suggested that the amino terminal telopeptide portion might be "open" without intermolecular cross-linking in hard tissue collagen fibrils. However, the present study provided evidence that pyridinoline is also located in amino-terminal telopeptides (alpha 1-chain 9N or alpha 2-chain 5N) and alpha 1-chain 930. Bovine dentin collagen was digested with trypsin followed by heating at 60 degrees C before and after the digestion. This method gave complete trypsin peptides of dentin collagen. Fluorescent pyridinoline peptides with a smaller molecular size were isolated by Sephadex G-50 superfine, DEAE-cellulose and reverse-phase HPLC. Automatic Edman analysis of several isolated peptides revealed the five-residue sequence, Gly-Ile-X-Gly-His-Arg, the only assignment of which was alpha 1-chain 928-933. The above evidence together with the amino acid compositions of the peptides led to the conclusion that pyridinoline is located not only in the carboxy-terminal but also in the amino-terminal telopeptide in dentin collagen.
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