Leucyl-Trna Synthetase

(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
 GLU-813   LYS-814  3.5 3.2 4.9 4.4 67.3 67.3 62.6
 LYS-814   ASP-815  4.1 4.1 30.8 -41.0 130.3 134.3 114.8
 ASP-815   VAL-816  6.1 6.5 17.0 -17.8 52.4 50.6 89.0

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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