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The Ramachandran Principle says that alpha helices, beta strands, and turns are the most likely conformations for a polypeptide chain to adopt, because most other conformations are impossible due to steric collisions between atoms. | The Ramachandran Principle says that alpha helices, beta strands, and turns are the most likely conformations for a polypeptide chain to adopt, because most other conformations are impossible due to steric collisions between atoms. | ||
Check Show Clashes to see where non-bonded atoms are overlapping, and thus in physically impossible positions. | Check Show Clashes to see where non-bonded atoms are overlapping, and thus in physically impossible positions. | ||
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