pleated sheet


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pleated sheet

n.
See beta sheet.
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The secondary structure of a polypeptide is the way a small part, fairly near in the polypeptide sequence, curls up into an alpha helix or beta pleated sheets, or sometimes even no structured shape at all.
The secondary protein structure a polypeptide is the small part and polypeptide sequence, curls up into an alpha helix or beta pleated sheets. Tertiary structure creating an even more complex structure in three dimensional shapes.
Analyzing the structure of protein synthesis and transcription

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