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A class that includes two major fold groups: sandwiches and barrels. The sandwich folds are made of two beta-sheets which are usually twisted and pack so their strands are aligned. The barrel fold are made of single beta-sheet that twists and coils upon itself so, in most cases, the first strand in the beta sheet hydrogen bond to the last strand. The strand directions in the two opposite sides of a barrel fold are roughly orthogonal. Orthogonal packing of sheets is also seen in a few special cases of sandwich folds (SCOP) (http://bioinfbook.org/appendix.php )