Elastin: A Non-Repetitive Coil

• Rubberlike elastic properties

  • lungs
  • walls of blood vessels
  • ligaments

• 33% Gly, 33% Ala+Val, Rich in Pro

  • little hydroxyproline, no hydroxylysine, few polar residues

• Network of fibers, No regular 2o structure

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