DNA Polymerase IV

(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-242   LYS-243  25.3 26.0 -4.5 -4.2 49.2 44.3 90.0
 LYS-243   SER-244  23.9 24.0 5.6 -15.7 116.3 118.1 91.2
 SER-244   ILE-245  20.5 20.8 -7.3 8.5 98.6 101.5 13.0

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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