The position of 3-hydroxyproline was investigated in the triplet sequences of peptides released by collagenase digestion of a collagen preparation from kidney cortex. Composition of the collagen preparation indicated that it was largely or wholly of basement membrane origin. 3-Hydroxyproline was detected in only one sequence, the tripeptide, glycyl-3-hydroxyprolyl-4-hydroxyproline, which accounted for a major fraction of the total 3-hydroxyproline obtained in the peptides released by collagenase. Preliminary data, based on sequencing the peptide mixture released by collagenase treatment, suggested that, in contrast, 4-hydroxyproline occurs predominantly if not exclusively in the Y position of Gly-X-Y triplet sequences in the collagen preparation studied.
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