The Triple Helix stands back to look at the whole of ... Amino acid sequence does not fully determine protein structure and thus function; instead, protein structure is influenced by a diverse ...

Researchers from the University of Bayreuth have discovered the mechanism by which collagen, the most common protein in the ... strands known as a triple helix. Collagen self-organization begins ...

The NMR spectra for this fragment did show the characteristic markers for triple-helix formation, but for a molecule having more than one conformation. This behavior can now be understood.