Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase

(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
 VAL-314   HIS-315  1.0 4.3 11.6 71.2 49.4 49.0 34.0
 HIS-315   GLY-316  1.3 6.8 -13.1 -103.6 153.1 157.7 -71.8
 GLY-316   VAL-317  1.8 6.8 155.1 39.9 45.3 69.1 124.9
 VAL-317   TYR-318  2.7 3.0 -54.0 -66.3 124.4 110.5 -38.1
 TYR-318   TYR-319  2.9 2.5 -27.8 18.8 143.4 137.9 -6.9

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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