# Garlic Tutorial

## Lesson 11 - Creating Small Structure

In this lesson you will learn how to create a short alpha helix. The structure created using the method described here may be saved as any other structure.
Before starting with this lesson, read something about the command CREATE .
Step 1 - start garlic (if not started already):
garlic
Step 2 - prepare a short sequence (polyalanine, eight residues):
seq = ala ala ala ala ala ala ala ala
Step 3 - initialize the secondary structure (let's play with an alpha helix):
str = hhhh hhhh
Step 4 - create a short alpha helix:
create
Step 5 - save your structure:
save test.pdb
Step 6 - discard the structure:
dis all
That's all!