Etymology

Ramachandran plot

Today it means: A diagram that visualizes the energetically allowed regions for backbone dihedral angles ψ against φ of amino acid residues in protein structure. Full definition →

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Named after G. N. Ramachandran, one of the people who developed it in 1963.

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