Type-I collagen Information & Type-I collagen Links at HealthHaven.com

Type-I collagen is the most abundant collagen of the human body.

It is present in scar tissue, the end product when tissue heals by repair.

It is found in tendons, the endomysium of myofibrils and the organic part of bone.

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1-12	type I (COL1A1, COL1A2) · type II (COL2A1) · type III · type IV (COL4A1, COL4A2, COL4A3, COL4A4, COL4A5, COL4A6) · type V (COL5A1, COL5A2, COL5A3) · type VI (COL6A1, COL6A2, COL6A3) · type VII (COL7A1) · type VIII (COL8A1, COL8A2) · type IX (COL9A1, COL9A2, COL9A3) · type X (COL10A1) · type XI (COL11A1, COL11A2) · type XII (COL12A1)

13-29	COL13A1 · COL14A1 · COL15A1 · COL16A1 · COL17A1 · type XVIII (COL18A1, Endostatin) · COL19A1 · COL20A1 · COL21A1 · COL22A1 · COL23A1 · COL24A1 · COL25A1 · COL26A1 · COL27A1 · COL28A1 · COL29A1

Enzymes	Prolyl hydroxylase/Lysyl hydroxylase · Cartilage associated protein/Leprecan · ADAMTS2 · Procollagen peptidase · Lysyl oxidase

Other

Epithelial keratins (soft alpha-keratins)	type I/chromosome 17 (10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20) · chromosome 12 (18) · none (21) type II/chromosome 12 (1, 2A, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7, 8, 9)

Hair keratins (hard alpha-keratins)	type I/chromosome 17 (31, 32, 33A, 33B, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38) type II/chromosome 12 (81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86)

Ungrouped alpha	chromosome 17 (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 39, 40) chromosome 12 (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)

Not alpha	Beta-keratin

Other

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