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#Question id: 875


Why positive phi angles less common than negative Phi angles in proteins contain L amino acid?

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
  1. Protein folding is accelerated by constraints placed upon the folding proteins that restrict the number of possible conformations that are sampled during the folding process.

  2. One such limitation is the restriction of typically not observed Phi and Psi dihedral angles at the alpha carbon.

  3. One such limitation is the restriction of typically observed Phi and Psi dihedral angles at the alpha carbon

  4. Glycine has no side chain and therefore can not adopt phi and psi angles in all four quadrants of the Ramachandran plot.