The Beta-Sheet

1: Underlying Structure

Show beta-strands.

Show alpha carbons
Grow Shrink

Show separate sections
See strand connection

Sheets are not flat

Grow sidechains

Sidechains off/on.

Take cross-sections In Out 2: Stabilization

Show covalent backbone

Show H-bonds

Show more H-bonds

Rebuild the beta-sheet. 3: Amphipathic Beta-Sheets

Color:
Backbone
Hydrophilic sidechains
Hydrophobic sidechains

Original color scheme.

Alpha-Helix Tutorial
Molecules in Motion