Immunoglobulin 48G7 Germline Fab

(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
 VAL-104   GLU-105  4.7 4.9 13.2 -14.4 94.8 96.5 17.0
 GLU-105   ILE-106  1.1 1.7 -12.4 -13.8 16.9 12.1 63.1
 ILE-106   LYS-107  2.0 2.8 2.7 -2.9 120.1 112.0 10.1

Downloading Image

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