Editing Alpha helix (section)

== Other names ==
The alpha helix is also commonly called a:
* '''Pauling–Corey–Branson α-helix''' (from the names of three scientists who described its structure)
* '''3.6<sub>13</sub>-helix''' because there are 3.6 amino acids in one ring, with 13 atoms being involved in the ring formed by the hydrogen bond (starting with amidic hydrogen and ending with carbonyl oxygen)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Voet |first=Donald |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/690489261 |title=Biochemistry |last2=Voet |first2=Judith G. |date=2011 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-0-470-57095-1 |edition=4th |location=Hoboken, NJ |pages=226 |oclc=690489261}}</ref>

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