Myosin Light Chain

(All numbering and residues are taken from first PDB file)

Bending Residue Dihedral Analysis

Residue
i
Residue
i+1
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 1
(A)
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 2
(A)
Change in psi (i)
(deg)
Change in phi (i+1)
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 1
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 2
(deg)
Percentage Progress
 THR-78   THR-79  6.0 5.9 11.6 -5.7 114.0 109.8 -1.0
 THR-79   LYS-80  4.1 4.0 9.8 -30.7 115.3 122.7 3.6
 LYS-80   ALA-81  0.7 0.9 -143.3 -1.5 10.4 3.9 97.5
 ALA-81   LYS-82  1.2 2.3 6.3 -14.7 121.7 119.5 2.5

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Graph shows rotational transition at bending residues and can be used to identify hinge bending residues.
Probably only informative for interdomain rotations greater than 20 degrees