Collagen

Collagen is the rope that holds your skin, tendons, and bones together. It is the most common protein in your body.

Fun fact

Three collagen chains twist around each other like a tiny braided rope.

Words to know

protein
cell

NGSS alignment

MS-LS1-3Body as a system
MS-LS1-2Inside the cell

Structure

Rendered in FoldLens Junior from AlphaFold Database entry P02452. See the underlying prediction at alphafold.ebi.ac.uk/entry/P02452.

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