A common motive in the secondary structure of proteins, the alpha helix is a right-handed coiled conformation, resembling a spring, in which every backbone donates a hydrogen bond to the backbone of the amino acid four residues earlier (hydrogen bonding).
Channels: Biochemistry
Tags: alphahelix proteomics protein
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