Secondary structure

Secondary structure

In protein chemistry, the regular folding of a polypeptide in a repeated pattern, e.g. α-helix, β-pleated sheet, β-turn; in nucleic acid chemistry by analogy, the double-helical structure of a polynucleotide and other regular structures seen in RNA foldings.

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