Preferred Name |
alpha helix |
ID |
http://semanticscience.org/resource/SIO_010468 |
description |
An alpha helix is structural region of a protein that is characterized by 3.6 residues per turn, a translation of 1.5 angstroms along the helical axis in which backbone N-H groups form a hydrogen bond to the backbone carboxyl group of the amino acid four residues prior. |
identifier |
SIO_010468 |
isDefinedBy | |
label |
alpha helix |
prefixIRI |
sio:SIO_010468 |
prefLabel |
alpha helix |
subClassOf |