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Stereochemical studies predict bent hydrogen bonding between some CO and NH groups in the peptide chains of α-helices. X-ray crystallography has revealed the existence of such bonds in myoglobin and lysozyme.
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NÉMETHY, G., PHILLIPS, D., LEACH, S. et al. A Second Right-handed Helical Structure with the Parameters of the Pauling–Corey α-helix. Nature 214, 363–365 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/214363a0
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