| Structure
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| • | Collagen makes up
25 to 35% of the total |
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| protein of
mammals. |
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| • | It is found in
all forms of connective tissue. |
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| • | Collagen itself
is an insoluble protein |
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| because of
extensive cross- linking. |
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