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Mismatch is fine: Proline derivatives with a ring pucker mismatching that of natural collagen but with favorable torsional angles along the peptide chain are readily tolerated within the collagen triple helix (see picture). In contrast, a competition between intramolecular and interstrand H bonds destabilizes the collagen triple helix.
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Erdmann et al. (2011) studied this question.
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