Native collagenBovine dermis (3 mg/mL)Koken

• Native Collagen Acidic Solution is a highly purified form of Type 1 collagen suitable for cell culture applications. • KKN-IAC-30 is supplied as a sterile, 3 mg/mL acidic solution (pH 3.0), and KKN-IAC-50 is a 5 mg/mL solution. • When neutralized the collagen will form insoluble fibrils. • Collagen is a common protein that makes up a significant part of the living body, whether human or animal. • As a structural protein, collagen is essential to creating the body s physical structure, and as an extracellular matrix it acts as a supporting framework over which our cells are arranged. • The collagen molecule is composed of three intertwined peptide chains. • It is a rigid protein 300 nm in length, 1.5 nm in diameter, and approximately 300 kilodaltons (kDa) in molecular weight. • The entire molecule consists of about 3000 amino acids.