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What exactly causes proteins to take different secondary structures

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Okay. There was a question which I was stumped on regarding protein structures.

The primary structure determines the function of the protein. And so it should also have the same secondary structure, right?

Because a question came up and stated in a passage discussing a regular form of a protein and an abnormal form of a protein. They both had the same primary structure, but they differed in how they folded. The normal protein consists entirely of alpha helices. The abnormal consists of a...

What exactly causes proteins to take different secondary structures

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