beta-sheet

beta-sheet
be·ta-sheet -.shēt n the structural arrangement of many proteins in which two or more short regions of the polypeptide chain align adjacently and are stabilized by hydrogen bonds into sheets with a pleated or accordionlike appearance called also beta-pleated sheet compare alpha-helix

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