摘要 |
Provided is a peptide and a hydrogel prepared therefrom. The peptide comprises the sequence Gly-(A)-(Gly-X-Y) m-M-(Gly-X-Y)n -Gly-(B)-Gly, wherein A and B are telopeptides, X and Y are any amino acid, m and n are integers of at least 3 and M is a receptor binding sequence. Artificial collagen derived from the peptide of the invention provides an alternative to the use of animal- or human-derived collagen in industrial, biological and biomedical applications. |