alpha helix

English

Noun

alpha helix (plural alpha helices or alpha helixes)

1. A secondary structure found in many proteins, in which the amino acids are arranged in a coil, or helix, with almost no free space on the inside and all side chains being pointed towards the outside

Derived terms

• alphahelical

Translations

secondary structure found in many proteins

• Catalan: hèlix alfa f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: α螺旋 (alpha luóxuán)

• Finnish: alfa-kierre
• Greek: άλφα έλικα f (álfa élika)
• Irish: alfa-héilics m
• Italian: alfa-elica (it) f
• Portuguese: alfa-hélice f, hélice alfa f
• Russian: а́льфа-спира́ль (ru) f (álʹfa-spirálʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: alfa uzvojnica f
• Spanish: hélice alfa f