secondary structure

English

Noun

secondary structure (countable and uncountable, plural secondary structures)

(biochemistry) The general three-dimensional structure of a biopolymer such as DNA or a protein.

Hyponyms

(biochemistry): alpha helix, beta sheet, random coil, turn

Coordinate terms

(biochemistry): primary structure, tertiary structure, quaternary structure

Translations

3D form of biopolymer

Finnish: sekundaarirakenne

References

Berg, Jeremy M.; Tymoczko, John L.; Stryer, Lubert (2002), “Protein Structure and Function (section: Summary)”, in Biochemistry‎, 5th edition, W. H. Freedman and Company, →ISBN.

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