A secondary structure of proteins where the amino (N-H) groups of a polypeptide backbone, three to ten amino acids in length, establish hydrogen bonds with the carbonyl (C=O) groups in the backbone of adjacent strands.  These may form a beta-sheet, where the side chains of the adjacent strands point in the same direction.
    

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Rossmann fold, lactate dehydrogenase

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Protein Conformation, beta-Strand

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Rossmann fold, lactate dehydrogenase