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One of two types of protein secondary structure. An alpha helix is a tight helix that results from the hydrogen bonding of the carboxyl (CO) group of one amino acid to the amino (NH) group of another amino acid. [Source: Primary through Quaternary Structure in the MIT Biology Hypertextbook]
