Collagen Type I Recombinant antibody

Type I collagen, the major structural component of connective tissues such as skin, tendon and bone, is the most abundant and widely expressed collagen in humans (PMID: 7620364; 8645190; 9016532). Type I collagen is a heterotrimer comprising one alpha 2(I) and two alpha 1(I) chains which are encoded by the unlinked loci COL1A2 and COL1A1 respectively. Mutations in COL1A1 are associated with osteogenesis imperfecta types I-IV, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type VIIA, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome Classical type, Caffey Disease and idiopathic osteoporosis. This antibody raised against a synthesized peptide corresponding to 1206-1218 aa of human pro-alpha 1 chain of type I collagen recognize collagen alpha-1(I) chain. The presence of unprocessed, intermediate, and mature chains of type I collagen was clearly detected only in static constructs. Indeed, in sponges cultured under perfusion the presence of type I collagen was mainly restricted to mature chains, suggesting that HACs were no longer actively producing type I collagen (PMID: 27584727). It is reported that the molecular weight is 200kDa(PMID: 28526934).