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Cross-linking of type I collagen with microbial transglutaminase: identification of cross-linking sites.

Ines Stachel, Uwe Schwarzenbolz, Thomas Henle, and Michael Meyer

Biomacromolecules 11(3):698-705 (2010) PMID 20131754

Collagen is a popular biomaterial. To deal with its lack of thermal stability and its weak resistance to proteolytic degradation, collagen-based materials are stabilized via different cross-linking procedures. Regarding the potential toxicity of residual cross-linking agents, enzyme-mediated cross-linking would provide an alternative and nontoxic method for collagen stabilization. The results of this study show that type I collagen is a substrate for mTG. However, epsilon-(gamma-glutamyl)lysine cross-links are only incorporated at elevated temperatures when the protein is partially or completely denatured. A maximum number of 5.4 cross-links per collagen monomer were found for heat-denatured collagen. Labeling with the primary amine monodansylcadaverine revealed that at least half of the cross-links are located within the triple helical region of the collagen molecule. Because the triple helix is highly ordered in its native state, this finding might explain why the glutamine residues are inaccessible for mTG under nondenaturing conditions.

DOI: 10.1021/bm901284x
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