Collagen structure consists of three polypeptides wound into a rope-like triple helix, with glycine at every third amino acid for close packing, and hydrogen bonds forming staggered tropocollagen fibrils.
La estructura del colágeno consiste en tres polipéptidos enrollados en una triple hélice similar a una cuerda, con glicina en cada tercer aminoácido para un empaquetamiento cercano, y enlaces de hidrógeno que forman fibrillas de tropocolágeno entrelazadas.
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