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
 ASP-78   THR-79  4.6 6.8 74.2 -113.4 157.1 154.9 19.6
 THR-79   ASP-80  3.4 4.4 160.0 -10.3 89.9 70.4 2.8
 ASP-80   SER-81  0.3 1.4 -147.6 4.0 91.5 66.1 69.4
 SER-81   GLU-82  3.5 4.6 -11.1 11.7 24.1 9.8 3.5

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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