Ramachandran plot

noun

Ramachandran plot

noun

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

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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against φ of amino acid residues in protein structure.

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