Table 1.

Synthetic peptides (SP) used in this study

Type I collagen		Sequence	Abbreviation
SP112	biotin	SAG FDF SFL PQP PQE KAH DGG RYY Cit A	CitI
SP132	biotin	SAG FDF SFL PQP PQE KAH DGG RYY Hcit A	HcitI
SP66		-- --- --- --- --E KAH DGG RYY Cit A	CitI
SP135		-- --- --- --- --E KAH DGG RYY Hcit A	HcitI
Type II collagen
SP86	biotin	GID MSA FAG LGP REK GPD PLQ YM Cit A	CitII
SP109	biotin	GID MSA FAG LGP REK GPD PLQ YM Hcit A	HcitII
SP41		--- --- --- --- -EK GPD PLQ YM Cit A	CitII
SP136		--- --- --- --- -EK GPD PLQ YM Hcit A	HcitII

The peptides represent different parts of the carboxy-terminal telopeptide of the α1 chain of human type I or II collagen, each containing citrulline (Cit) or homocitrulline (Hcit) as indicated (for other amino acids, the one-letter symbols are used).