Description
Purified native Human Collagen Type V protein
Type V Collagen is a member of group I Collagen (fibrillar forming collagen). It is a minor connective tissue component of nearly ubiquitous distribution. Type V Collagen binds to DNA, heparan sulfate, Thrombospondin, Heparin, and Insulin. Collagen V is composed of several subunits as follows: trimers of two alpha 1 (V) and one alpha 2 (V) chains in most tissues and trimers of one alpha 1 (V), one alpha 2 (V), and one alpha 3 (V) chains in placenta