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Fibrillar collagen is the major protein in the extracellular matrix and regulates cell behavior via chemical and mechanical cues. The key structural element of collagen fibrils is the axially repeating -period, formed by the lateral association of collagen triple helices. We have developed fibril-forming collagen mimetic peptides (FCMPs) with repeated amino acid sequences, which form fibrils having -period-like structures. Containing over 100 amino acid residues, these peptides are produced by bacterial expression using designed genes. Here, we report the fibrillogenesis of a new FCMP containing an α-helix coiled coil domain. The latest findings highlight the importance of the amino acid sequence periodicity i... More