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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biopolymers. 2011 Oct 15;97(3):189–198. doi: 10.1002/bip.21725

Table II.

CD Melting temperature (Tm, °C; heating rate 1°C/min) of collagen and collagen-like peptides before and after UV irradiation

Collagen Peptide Control* 4h UV 17h UV 66h UV
Collagen 41.1 (39.4, 35) 39.3, 36.0 (38.7, 35) 36.0 (35) 31.3 (31)
(PPG)10 38.9 38.6 38.5 38.3
(POG)10 64.9 64.5 63.6 60.4
GPKGPE 36.9 36.7 36.3 35.6
(AOG)10 29.6 29.7 29.3 31.0
GLY- - - - -
*

- before UV irradiation;

Values indicated in parenthesis are Tm of collagen at heating rate 0.1°C/min