Secondary Structure Elements in HB Plot
In representations of the HB plot, characteristic patterns of secondary structure elements can be recognised easily, as follows:
- Helices can be identified as strips directly adjacent to the diagonal.
- Antiparallel beta sheets appear in HB plot as cross-diagonal.
- Parallel beta sheets appears in the HB plot as parallel to the diagonal.
- Loops appear as breaks in the diagonal between the cross-diagonal beta-sheet motifs.
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