English

Noun

secondary structure ‎(plural secondary structures)

1. (biochemistry) The general three-dimensional structure of a biopolymer such as DNA or a protein.

Coordinate terms

• (biochemistry): primary structure, tertiary structure, quaternary structure

Hyponyms

• (biochemistry): alpha helix, beta sheet, random coil, turn

Translations

References

• Berg, Jeremy M.; Tymoczko, John L.; Stryer, Lubert (2002), “Protein Structure and Function (section: Summary)”, in Biochemistry, 5th edition, W. H. Freedman and Company, ISBN 978-0-7167-3051-4.