Rfcs

(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
 ARG-235   PRO-236  11.4 10.7 24.0 10.1 23.0 28.3 231.5
 PRO-236   GLU-237  11.1 10.9 -28.3 19.1 98.5 96.1 -41.5
 GLU-237   ASP-238  14.7 14.5 3.2 -4.1 79.4 86.2 -25.2

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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