| Term Name: | peptide_coil |
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| Synonyms: | coil, peptide coil, random coil |
| Definition: | Irregular, unstructured regions of a protein's backbone, as distinct from the regular region (namely alpha helix and beta strand - characterised by specific patterns of main-chain hydrogen bonds). |
| Ontology: | Sequence Ontology [SO:0100012] |