FOOD TECHNOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Not only do microfibrils provide structural integrity of specific organ systems, but they also provide a scaffold for elastogenesis in elastic tissues. Fibrillin is important for the assembly of elastin into elastic fibers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Elastic fibers are predominantly composed of elastin, a highly hydrophobic protein (≈750 amino acids long). Soluble tropoelastin is secreted into the extracellular space, where it forms lysine cross-links to other tropoelastin molecules to generate a large network of elastin fibers and sheets.

Detailed explanation-3: -Elastin is a resilient connective tissue protein found in the ECM of most vertebrate tissues, and it is an important part in the interstitium of tissues that undergo repeated physical deformations in the human body (Swee et al., 1995).