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Procollagen vs Tropocollagen - What's the difference?

procollagen | tropocollagen |

In biochemistry terms the difference between procollagen and tropocollagen

is that procollagen is the precursor of collagen; it is formed in fibroblasts and converted to collagen by a peptidase while tropocollagen is a component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other.

procollagen

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry) The precursor of collagen; it is formed in fibroblasts and converted to collagen by a peptidase

    • tropocollagen

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) A component of fibres of collagen in which three polypeptide chains are coiled around each other