Ramachandran plot

English

A Ramachandran plot generated from human PCNA.

Etymology

Named after G. N. Ramachandran, one of the people who developed it in 1963.

Noun

Ramachandran plot (plural Ramachandran plots)

1. (biochemistry) A diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against φ of amino acid residues in protein structure.

   Synonym: Ramachandran diagram