An Introduction to Molecular Biology/Glossary/Alpha helix
< An Introduction to Molecular Biology < GlossaryA common motif in the secondary structure of proteins, the alpha helix (α-helix) is a right-handed coiled or spiral conformation, in which every backbone N-H group donates a hydrogen bond to the backbone C=O group of the amino acid four residues earlier.
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