Secondary Protein Structure:

Terms Related to Secondary Protein Structure

• Tertiary Protein Structure

  The level of protein structure in which combinations of secondary protein structures (alpha helices, beta sheets, loop regions, and motifs) pack together to form folded ...

• Protein Conformation

  The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes ...

• Primary Protein Structure

  The order of amino acids as they occur in a polypeptide chain. This is referred to as the primary structure of proteins. It is of ...

• Protein Folding

  A rapid biochemical reaction involved in the formation of proteins. It begins even before a protein has been completely synthesized and proceeds through discrete intermediates ...