Major enzyme is Tryptophan Synthase whose activity is reduced when trp concentration is high

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Beta sheets usually have their B strands either parallel or antiparallel

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β Sheets in proteins contain 2 to as many as 22 polypeptide strands, with an average of 6 strands. 

Each strand may contain up to 15 residues, the average being 6 residues.

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Repeat period is shorter for the parallel conformation (6.5 Å, vs. 7 Å for antiparallel)

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Each single strand of the b-sheet structure can be pictured as a twofold helix, that is, a helix with two residues per turn.

The arrangement of successive amide planes has a pleated appearance due to the tetrahedral nature of the Ca atom.

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Parallel sheets are typically large structures; those composed of fewer than five strands are rare. 

Antiparallel sheets may consist of as few as two strands.