Calmodulin

(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
 MET-72   MET-73  2.3 2.0 -5.8 12.0 53.4 59.6 1.5
 MET-73   ALA-74  2.3 2.3 -11.1 12.5 53.9 43.6 -3.2
 ALA-74   ARG-75  2.4 2.8 140.7 -173.9 145.5 134.8 -0.8

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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