Component
Procollagen
Procollagen. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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Other things that act on it
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How nutrients reach it in more than one step
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What it does
Every recorded relationship this component is part of, grouped by its role. Plain wording comes first; the technical statement follows.
Where it participates (unsigned role)
Ascorbate is required for hydroxylation of proline residues in procollagen, hydroxyproline stabilises the collagen triple-helical structure, and consequently ascorbate stimulates procollagen secretion.
Experimental context and source evidence
- availability_state
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
- evidence_span
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- experimental_model
- Ascorbate-deficient guinea pigs, fasting controls, and cells cultured in scorbutic serum
- exposure
- Vitamin C deficiency, with fasting plus ascorbate supplementation as a comparison
- limitations
- The study separates a direct hydroxylation defect from a growth-factor-mediated one, so it argues against reading scurvy as pure under-hydroxylation.
- nutrient_topic
- Hyperbaric oxygen research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. · Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- organism
- Guinea pig and cultured cells
- plain_language
- Without vitamin C the collagen cannot be stiffened properly and does not leave the cell.
- primary_references
- [hbot-p1720597] Ascorbate requirement for hydroxylation and secretion of procollagen: relationship to inhibition of collagen synthesis in scurvy. (1991). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1720597/ DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/54.6.1135s
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Connective tissue
- trigger_kind
- nutrient_deficiency Imported condition classification; unverified.
Hyperbaric oxygen: the exposure, its reactive species, the signals they carry, and the nutrient-dependent enzymes that handle them (2026-09-19) · lines 907–918
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Ascorbate-deficient guinea pigs, fasting controls, and cells cultured in scorbutic serum · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### hbot-ascorbate-procollagen Ascorbate is required for hydroxylation of proline residues in procollagen, hydroxyproline stabilises the collagen triple-helical structure, and consequently ascorbate stimulates procollagen secretion. Condition category: nutrient_deficiency nutrient_topic: Hyperbaric oxygen research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. plain_language: Without vitamin C the collagen cannot be stiffened properly and does not leave the cell. organism: Guinea pig and cultured cells tissue_or_cell_type: Connective tissue experimental_model: Ascorbate-deficient guinea pigs, fasting controls, and cells cultured in scorbutic serum limitations: The study separates a direct hydroxylation defect from a growth-factor-mediated one, so it argues against reading scurvy as pure under-hydroxylation. exposure: Vitamin C deficiency, with fasting plus ascorbate supplementation as a comparison evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/hbot-research/1720597.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "b769da8d030351b117b7a349262e9b52d54aab00ca3a2679900cb1372006bc31", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1015, "text_sha256": "b769da8d030351b117b7a349262e9b52d54aab00ca3a2679900cb1372006bc31"} [hbot-p1720597] Ascorbate requirement for hydroxylation and secretion of procollagen: relationship to inhibition of collagen synthesis in scurvy. (1991). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1720597/ DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/54.6.1135s
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The events it takes part in
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Situations it appears in
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In the sources
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Open hypotheses
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