NBSC: MCQ of the week - Dental Biochemistry


Elastin is like collagen in each of the following ways EXCEPT

  1. it has a higher than average content of the amino acid proline.
  2. it is found in striated fibrils.
  3. it is covalently cross-linked to other elastin molecules through structures derived from lysine residues.
  4. approximately 30% of its amino acids are glycine residues
  5. it is a protein


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