Vimentin

(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
 ILE-369   GLN-370  0.1 0.3 -4.7 5.2 160.0 161.2 0.9
 GLN-370   ASN-371  1.5 1.8 7.3 0.2 51.5 55.7 42.3
 ASN-371   MET-372  2.1 1.9 -7.3 -0.3 80.0 83.4 15.9

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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