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The large transparent spheres represent the self-avoidance volume, which has a radius of 
, associated to an amino acid and centered on the position of the 
atoms. The backbone degrees of freedom are the torsional angles 
and 
. In order to describe hydrogen bonds also the backbone amide (NH) and the carboxyl (CO) groups are explicitly represented.
