What is it about?
Normal collagen molecules form triple helix structures. We immobilized a synthetic collagen model peptide and developed a sensor that can detect only normal collagen that can form triple helix structures.
Featured Image
Photo by Jellybee on Unsplash
Why is it important?
The collagen model peptide immobilized sensor we are proposing for the first time is a simple sensor that guarantees the quality of collagen. Collagen has a triple helix structure in which characteristic amino acid sequences are repeated. Collagen with defective molecular sequences or fragmented low molecular weight collagen does not form a triple helix structure and does not exhibit collagen functions. Therefore, this sensor, which guarantees the quality of collagen, is considered adequate in the food industry and pharmaceutical fields.
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: Quartz crystal microbalance sensor for the detection of collagen model peptides based on the formation of triple helical structure, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, February 2022, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2021.11.006.
You can read the full text:
Contributors
The following have contributed to this page
