What Determines the Secondary Structure of a Protein?

[LadiesMan]

[SOLVED] Secondary structure of protein.

1. What determines the secondary structure of a protein?


2. I do not fully understand this question, does it mean the two general types of secondary structure a-helices and b-pleated sheets. Or does it mean by how we determine them DSSP code. And there should be two main ones accoridng to my teacher.


Thank you for donating your time!

 

[MichaelXY]

Bonds, and not the secret agent Bonds.
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/566secprotein.html

 

[LadiesMan]

haha thank you very much! So all I have to do is talk about the inter and intra forces an include the alpha helices and beta pleated sheets.