Essential Biochemistry - Connective Tissue (Section 1 - No. 42)
What is the main difference between collagen and elastin?
Collagen is more elastic than elastin.
Elastin has no repeating sequences while collagen does.
Collagen is found in skin, and elastin is not.
Elastin has no triple helix while collagen does.
Selitys
Collagen has repeating (Gly-X-Y) sequences while elastin does not.