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Cartoons of (A) an α-helix and (B) a β-sheet formed from three β-strands. Hydrogen bonds are shown in each structure by dashed lines. The α-helix contains only local backbone hydrogen bonds, between i and i + 4 positions. The β-sheet contains many nonlocal hydrogen bonds.
