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Beta (β) sheets are a type of secondary structure in proteins. A segment of a single chain in an antiparallel β sheet has a length of 80.5 Å . How many residues are in this segment?
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Beta (β) sheets are a type of secondary structure in proteins. A segment of a single chain in an antiparallel β sheet has a length of 80.5 Å . How many residues are in this segment?

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The structural repeating unit of beta sheet is 7 anstrom/2 aminoacids. So,


(80.5 Angstrom)/(3.5) = 23 aminoacids

If a segment of a single chain in an antiparallel beta sheet has a length of 80.5 angstrom, then there will be 23 residues in this segment.

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