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| Alfonso Gautieri; Simone Vesentini; Alberto Redaelli; Markus J. Buehler. |
| Collagen constitutes one third of the human proteome, providing mechanical stability, elasticity and strength to connective tissues. Collagen is also the dominating material in the extracellular matrix (ECM) and is thus crucial for cell differentiation, growth and pathology. However, fundamental questions remain with respect to the origin of the unique mechanical properties of collagenous tissues, and in particular its stiffness, extensibility and nonlinear mechanical response. By using x-ray diffraction data of a collagen fibril reported by Orgel et al. (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 2006) in combination with protein structure identification methods, here we present an experimentally validated model of the nanomechanics of a... |
| Tipo: Manuscript |
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Chemistry; Bioinformatics. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/4995/version/1 |
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| Alfonso Gautieri; Simone Vesentini; Alberto Redaelli; Markus J. Buehler. |
| Collagen constitutes one third of the human proteome, providing mechanical stability, elasticity and strength to organisms and is thus the prime construction materials in biology. Collagen is also the dominating material in the extracellular matrix and its stiffness controls cell differentiation, growth and pathology. However, the origin of the unique mechanical properties of collagenous tissues, and in particular its stiffness, extensibility and nonlinear mechanical response remains unknown. By using x-ray diffraction data of a collagen fibril (Orgel et al., PNAS, 2006) here we present an experimentally validated model of the nanomechanics of a collagen microfibril that incorporates the full biochemical details of the amino acid sequence of constituting... |
| Tipo: Manuscript |
Palavras-chave: Biotechnology; Chemistry; Bioinformatics. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://precedings.nature.com/documents/4995/version/2 |
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