collagen type-9 (FACIT collagen)
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Function
- a structural component of hyaline cartilage & vitreous of the eye
- covalently linked to the telopeptides of type 2 collagen by Lys-derived cross-links
Structure
- heterotrimer of an COL9A1, COL9A2 & COL9A3
More general terms
References
- ↑ Molecular Cell Biology (2nd ed) Darnell J; Lodish H & Baltimore D (eds), Scientific American Books, WH Freeman, NY 1990, pg 906
- ↑ Wikipedia, collagen entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/collagen