Type-II collagen
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collagen, type II, alpha 1 (primary osteoarthritis, spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, congenital)
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | COL2A1 |
| Alt. Symbols | SEDC |
| Entrez | 1280 |
| HUGO | 2200 |
| OMIM | 120140 |
| RefSeq | NM_001844 |
| UniProt | P02458 |
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| Locus | Chr. 12 q13.11-q13.2 |
Type-II collagen is the basis for articular cartilage and hyaline cartilage.
It makes up 50% of all protein in cartilage and 85-90% of collagen of articular cartilage.
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Type II collagen does form fibers. This fibrillar network of collagen allows cartilage to entrap the proteoglycan aggregate as well as provide tensile strength to the tissue.
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