beta-sheet

noun

be·ta-sheet | \ -ˌshēt

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Medical Definition of beta-sheet

: the structural arrangement of many proteins in which two or more short regions of the polypeptide chain align adjacently and are stabilized by hydrogen bonds into sheets with a pleated or accordionlike appearance

— called also beta-pleated sheet

— compare alpha-helix

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