Elastin, What Is It?
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008Inside connective tissue is where you find elastin, it gives tissues in the body the ability to return to their orignal shape after being stretched or contracted.
Inside connective tissue is where you find elastin, it gives tissues in the body the ability to return to their orignal shape after being stretched or contracted.
Collagen’s functions are quite different from those of globular proteins such as enzymes instead it is one of the long, fibrous structural proteins giving the cells structure from the outside via a component of the extracellular matrix that supports most tissues.
Collagen is directly responsible for skin strength and elasticity, its eventual degradation leads to wrinkles [...]