Helical Wheel

Structural Parameters for Protein Secondary Structure
Structure
phi
psi
n d p
a-helix
-57°
-47°
3.6
1.5
5.5
310-helix
-49°
-26°
3.0
2.0
6.0
Polyproline II helix
-79°
+149°
3.0
3.1
9.4
 
Parallel b-strand
-119°
+113°
2.0
3.2
6.4
Antiparallel b-strand
-139°
+135°
2.0
3.4
6.8

Helical Wheel

http://www-nmr.cabm.rutgers.edu/bioinformatics/Proteomic_tools/Helical_wheel/
Example: hellical wheel for Helix D from the a subunit of human hemoglobin
Sequence: AQVKGHGKKVADALTNAV