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Parallel Beta Sheets

This is a beta-pleated sheet in which successive beta strands all lie parallel in three dimensions. Such sheets have evenly spaced hydrogen bond pairs that lie at an angle to the beta strands.

References

Conformational and geometrical properties of beta-sheets in proteins. I. Parallel beta-sheets.
Salemme FR, Weatherford DW
J Mol Biol146p101-17(1981 Feb 15)

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